Hieracium flagellare |
Hieracium fendleri |
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flagellate hawkweed, hawkweed, whip hawkweed |
Fendler's hawkweed, yellow hawkweed |
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Habit | Plants 5–12(–20+) cm. | Plants 8–30(–40+) cm (herbage often glaucous). |
Stems | proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4 mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. |
proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–5+ mm), distally usually ± piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, sometimes stipitate-glandular as well. |
Leaves | basal 8–12+, cauline 0(–2+); blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 20–45(–130+) × 8–20(–25+) mm, lengths 2–3+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, adaxial piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4+ mm). |
basal 3–8+, cauline 0–1(–3); blades elliptic or oval to oblanceolate to lanceolate, 20–70 × 12–25(–40) mm, lengths 1.5–6+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire or denticulate, apices rounded to acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm). |
Peduncles | piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. |
usually stellate-pubescent, sometimes piloso-hirsute and/or stipitate-glandular as well. |
Involucres | hemispheric, (9–)12–13 mm. |
cylindric to campanulate, (10–)12–15+ mm. |
Florets | 90–120+; corollas yellow (often each with abaxial red stripe), 6–10+ mm. |
15–30+; corollas pale yellow to ochroleucous, 7–13+ mm. |
Phyllaries | 30–40, apices acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent, sometimes, piloso-hirsute and stipitate-glandular as well. |
13–16+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces usually piloso-hirsute and stellate-pubescent, sometimes stipitate-glandular as well. |
Calyculi | bractlets 13–15+. |
bractlets 5—8+. |
Heads | 2–4+ in ± umbelliform to corymbiform arrays. |
2–5+ in ± corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | columnar, 1–2.5 mm; pappi of 25–40+, white bristles in 1 series, 4–5+ mm. |
urceolate, 5–7 mm; pappi of 50–60+, ± stramineous bristles in 2+ series, 5–8+ mm. |
Hieracium flagellare |
Hieracium fendleri |
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Phenology | Flowering May. | Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep). |
Habitat | Disturbed sites, roadsides, forest edges | Pine woods, near springs |
Elevation | 10–300(–600+) m (0–1000(–2000+) ft) | 1400–2900 m (4600–9500 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; IN; MA; ME; MI; NH; NY; OH; PA; VA; VT; BC; NB; NS; PE; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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AZ; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; WY; Mexico; Central America (Guatemala)
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Discussion | The type of Hieracium flagellare may have resulted from a cross between plants of H. caespitosum and H. pilosella (A. Cronquist 1980). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 284. | FNA vol. 19, p. 286. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium |
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Synonyms | H. flagellare var. amauracron, H. flagellare var. cernuiforme, H. flagellare var. pilosius, Pilosella flagellaris | Crepis ambigua, Chlorocrepis fendleri, H. fendleri var. discolor |
Name authority | Willdenow: Enum. Pl., suppl.: 54. (1814) | Schultz-Bipontinus: Bonplandia (Hanover) 9: 173. (1861) |
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