UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium triste

alpine hawkweed, slender hawkweed
Habit Slender perennials 3-35 cm. tall, the stem leafless and covered with fine, stellate hairs, and with milky juice.
Leaves

Leaves all basal, tufted, entire and glabrous, 1-10 cm. long and 3-15 mm. wide, with a short petiole.
Flowers

Heads solitary to several in an elongate inflorescence;

involucre 6-8 mm. high, this and the upper peduncle covered with grey, stellate hairs and usually with some long, blackish bristles as well.
Fruits

Achene

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium triste
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Meadows and other open places in the mountains, usually at high elevations.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the U.S.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
H. albiflorum, H. aurantiacum, H. caespitosum, H. flagellare, H. ×floribundum, H. glomeratum, H. lachenalii, H. longiberbe, H. maculatum, H. murorum, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. scouleri, H. ×stoloniflorum, H. triste, H. umbellatum
H. albiflorum, H. aurantiacum, H. caespitosum, H. flagellare, H. ×floribundum, H. glomeratum, H. lachenalii, H. longiberbe, H. maculatum, H. murorum, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. sabaudum, H. scouleri, H. ×stoloniflorum, H. umbellatum
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