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Hieracium longiberbe

long-bearded hawkweed

alpine hawkweed, slender hawkweed

Habit Plants 10–60 cm; taprooted. Plants (2.5)4–30 cm; taprooted.
Stems

simple or branched, glabrous or pilose.

erect; simple, tomentulose, sometimes glabrous 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, broadly or narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 3–12+ cm;

margins entire, rarely obscurely denticulate;

tips acute or obtuse;

surfaces usually glabrous, rarely stipitate-glandular, petiolate.

Inflorescences

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

raceme-like arrays or heads solitary, bracteate or not.

Involucres

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

cylindric or campanulate; ovoid in fruit, 6–10 mm.

Florets

12–30;

ligules 10–15 mm, yellow.

20–60+;

ligules 7–11 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

linear-lanceolate;

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

linear-lanceolate;

surfaces stellatetomentulose; black-villous, stipitate-glandular; inner 12–20+; outer gradually shorter.

Fruits

columnar, 3–4 mm, brown.

columnar, 1.5–3.5 mm, dark brown.

2n

=18.

Hieracium longiberbe

Hieracium triste

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).

Subalpine meadows, rocky slopes, streamsides, forests. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1300–3000 m. BW, Casc, ECas. CA, ID, WA; north to AK, northeast to Northwest Territories, east to WY, southeast to NM. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 289
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 291
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. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. scouleri, H. umbellatum
Synonyms Hieracium gracile, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile
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