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Hieracium longiberbe

long-bearded hawkweed

mouse-ear hawkweed

Habit Plants 10–60 cm; taprooted. Plants 4–35 cm; taprooted, stoloniferous.
Stems

simple or branched, glabrous or pilose.

simple, tomentulose and lightly stipitate-glandular throughout or only distally, sometimes pilose proximally.

Leaves

cauline, rarely a few basal early, spatulate to oblanceolate, 5–15 cm, bases attenuate;

margins entire or rarely denticulate;

surfaces glabrous to lightly or densely pilose-setose, usually sessile.

basal or occasionally 1 or 2 cauline near bases, oblanceolate, 2–10+ cm, bases attenuate;

margins entire;

surfaces glabrous or pilose-setose, sometimes tomentulose below;

petioles short, winged.

Inflorescences

panicle- or raceme-like arrays, bracteate or not.

in raceme- or panicle-like arrays.

Involucres

campanulate in flower; ovoid in fruit, 7–10 mm.

campanulate in flower; ovoid in fruit, 7–9 mm.

Florets

12–30;

ligules 10–15 mm, yellow.

60–120+;

ligules 10–15 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

linear-lanceolate;

surfaces densely long-setose with brown or black hairs; inner 10–16; outer gradually shorter.

linear-lanceolate;

surfaces densely stipitate-glandular with black hairs, tomentulose; inner 18–30+; outer gradually shorter.

Fruits

columnar, 3–4 mm, brown.

columnar, 1.5–2 mm, dark brown.

Heads

1(2–3).

2n

=18, 36, 45, 54, 63.

Hieracium longiberbe

Hieracium pilosella

Distribution
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Discussion

Rocky slopes and cliffs, open woods. Flowering May–Aug. 0–600 m. Casc. WA. Native.

This species is limited to the Columbia River Gorge and its immediate vicinity. Its distinctive, densely pilose-setose involucres, lacking either tomentulose or stipitate-glandular pubescence, distinguish it from the closely allied species Hieracium scouleri, a widespread taxon whose numerous pubescence vari­ants are not correlated with any particular geographical areas. Hieracium longiberbe and H. scouleri were shown to be sister taxa in a molecular phylogenetic study by Gaskin and Wilson (2007).

Grasslands, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas. Flowering May–Jun. 0–300 m. Casc, WV. WA; widely scattered in North America; Europe. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 289
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 290
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
H. albiflorum, H. aurantiacum, H. bolanderi, H. caespitosum, H. greenei, H. horridum, H. lachenalii, H. murorum, H. parryi, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. scouleri, H. triste, H. umbellatum
H. albiflorum, H. aurantiacum, H. bolanderi, H. caespitosum, H. greenei, H. horridum, H. lachenalii, H. longiberbe, H. murorum, H. parryi, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. scouleri, H. triste, H. umbellatum
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