ἱεράκιον
ἔργοισι χρηστός, οὐ λόγοις ἔφυν μόνον → a friend in deeds, and not in words alone
English (LSJ)
τό,
A hawk-weed: ἱεράκιον τὸ μέγα = Urospermum picroides, prickly goldenfleece; ἱεράκιον τὸ μικρόν = Hymenonema graecum, Ps.-Dsc.3.64.
II a compound eyesalve, Gal.12.783.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1240] τό, Habichtkraut, Diosc. u. A.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱεράκιον: τό, βοτάνη τις, ἱεράκιον τὸ μέγα Διοσκ. 3. 72, ἱεράκιον τὸ μικρὸν ὁ αὐτ. 3. 73. ― ἱερακιάς, άδος, ἡ, Ἀλέξ. Τραλλ. 1. 145. ― ἱερακία βοτάνη Ὡραπόλλ. 1. 6. ΙΙ. μέλος Ἱεράκιον (ἐκ τοῦ κυρίου ὀνόματ. Ἱέραξ)· «τὸ Ἀργολικόν, ὃ ταῖς ἀνθεσφόροις ἐν Ἥρας ἐπηύλουν» Πολυδ. Δ΄, 78.
Wikipedia EN
Urospermum picroides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name prickly goldenfleece. It is native to Eurasia and it is known as an introduced species in many other regions, including North and South America, Australia, and southern Africa. It grows as a common weed in disturbed habitat. This annual herb grows up to 30 to 50 centimeters tall. It is coated in long hairs and bristles. The bristly leaves are variously shaped, often divided into many sharp-toothed lobes. The inflorescence bears flower heads on thick peduncles. The head is 1 to 2 centimeters long or more and filled with yellow ray florets. It is enveloped in several pointed phyllaries which are covered in bristly hairs. The fruit is an achene well over a centimeter in length which is tipped with a pappus of bristles.
Hymenonema graecum is a perennial herbaceous plant of 20–70 cm, that rests with its buds at or just under the surface of the soil (a so-called hemicryptophyte). The Greek vernacular name is Αδραλίδα (Adralida), meaning "handsome Lida". The leaves are pinnate, and may be up to 1 cm wide. The ligulate flowers are yellow. The species is an endemic of Greece.
