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Scouler's hawkweed, woolly weed

Hieracium longiberbe

long-bearded hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–100 cm; taprooted. Plants 10–60 cm; taprooted.
Stems

simple or branched;

surfaces glabrous to tomentulose, puberulent, or pilose-setose, sometimes glandular-setose distally.

simple or branched, glabrous or pilose.

Leaves

basal or basal and cauline, narrowly or broadly oblanceolate or elliptic, 2.5–30 cm, bases attenuate;

margins entire, rarely denticulate;

surfaces pilose-setose and stellate-pubescent, rarely glabrous;

basal petioles often winged;

cauline usually sessile.

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.

Inflorescences

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

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

Involucres

campanulate in flower; ovoid in fruit, 5–12 mm.

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

Florets

15–45+;

ligules 8–20 mm, yellow.

12–30;

ligules 10–15 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

linear-lanceolate;

surfaces pilose-setose with black hairs; inner 12–20+; outer gradually shorter.

linear-lanceolate;

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

Fruits

columnar, 2.5–3 mm, dark brown.

columnar, 3–4 mm, brown.

2n

=18.

Hieracium scouleri

Hieracium longiberbe

Distribution
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Discussion

Forests, shrublands, grasslands, rocky ridges and slopes, roadsides. Flowering Jun–Sep. 0–2600 m. BR, BW, Casc, Col, ECas, Owy, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Co­lumbia, northeast to Alberta, east to WY. Native.

Hieracium scouleri is here given a broad circumscription to include such segregate taxa as H. albertinum and H. cynoglossoides, which are sometimes also recognized at varietal rank.

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).

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2 draft
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 289
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
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. triste, H. umbellatum
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
Synonyms Hieracium albertinum, Hieracium chapacanum, Hieracium cusickii, Hieracium cynoglossoides, Hieracium nudicaule, Hieracium scouleri var. albertinum, Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri
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