[5] Hieracium traillii grows in the eastern United States, primarily in the central Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, with some populations farther west in Ohio and Kentucky.

[6] Hieracium traillii is a small hawkweed forming a basal rosette of densely hairy gray-green leaves, each up to 8 centimeters (3.2 inches) long and some with toothed edges.

It bolts a thin, hairy stem which reaches 60 centimeters (2 feet) tall.

The fruit is a ribbed achene about half a centimeter (0.2 inches) long with a light brown pappus.

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