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flagellate hawkweed, hawkweed, whip hawkweed

Fendler's hawkweed, yellow hawkweed

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

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
from FNA
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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from FNA
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.)

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 284. FNA vol. 19, p. 286.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium
Sibling taxa
H. abscissum, H. albiflorum, H. alpinum, H. argutum, H. aurantiacum, H. bolanderi, H. brevipilum, H. caespitosum, H. carneum, H. crepidispermum, H. fendleri, H. greenei, H. gronovii, H. horridum, H. lactucella, H. longiberbe, H. longipilum, H. megacephalon, H. murorum, H. nudicaule, H. paniculatum, H. parryi, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. pringlei, H. robinsonii, H. sabaudum, H. scabrum, H. schultzii, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
H. abscissum, H. albiflorum, H. alpinum, H. argutum, H. aurantiacum, H. bolanderi, H. brevipilum, H. caespitosum, H. carneum, H. crepidispermum, H. flagellare, H. greenei, H. gronovii, H. horridum, H. lactucella, H. longiberbe, H. longipilum, H. megacephalon, H. murorum, H. nudicaule, H. paniculatum, H. parryi, H. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. pringlei, H. robinsonii, H. sabaudum, H. scabrum, H. schultzii, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
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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