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Hieracium longiberbe

long-bearded hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

rattlesnake hawkweed, rattlesnake weed

Habit Plants 25–50+ cm. Plants ca. 45 cm.
Stems

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–8+ mm), sometimes glabrate, distally glabrous or piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–5+ mm).

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm) to glabrate, distally usually glabrous, rarely piloso-hirsute.

Leaves

basal 0(–3+), cauline 6–12+;

blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 25–80(–100+) × 8–15(–25+) mm, lengths 3–5 times widths, bases ± cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–5+ mm), adaxial usually piloso-hirsute at margins (hairs 2–5+ mm), rarely glabrous.

basal 3–6+, cauline 0–1+;

blades obovate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 40–60(–120) × 15–35(–50+) mm, lengths 2–3(–4) times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–5 mm) and stellate-pubescent, adaxial glabrous or piloso-hirsute (mostly near margins, hairs 2–3 mm).

Peduncles

usually stellate-pubescent, sometimes piloso-hirsute and/or stipitate-glandular as well, rarely glabrous.

usually stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous or glabrate.

Involucres

campanulate, 7–10 mm.

obconic to campanulate, 7–9 mm.

Florets

12–24+;

corollas yellow, 7–12 mm.

30–45+;

corollas yellow (sometimes pale), 7–11 mm.

Phyllaries

12–15+, apices ± rounded, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute and stellate-pubescent.

12–13+, apices acute, abaxial faces usually stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 6–10+.

Heads

(3–)6–12+ in corymbiform arrays.

4–10(–20+) in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

columnar, ca. 3.5 mm;

pappi of 32–40+, white or stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 5–6 mm.

(usually black, sometimes red-brown) columnar, 3–4 mm;

pappi of ca. 50+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 4–5 mm.

Hieracium longiberbe

Hieracium venosum

Phenology Flowering Jul. Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul(–Sep).
Habitat Cliffs Openings in forests, sandy hillsides
Elevation 30–100 m (100–300 ft) 10–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
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Discussion

Hieracium longiberbe is known only from along the Columbia River.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Plants of Hieracium venosum with adaxial faces of leaf blades glabrous have been called var. nudicaule.

The type of Hieracium marianum Willdenow may have resulted from a cross between plants of H. venosum and H. gronovii or H. scabrum (M. L. Fernald 1943c).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 289. FNA vol. 19, p. 292.
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. flagellare, H. greenei, H. gronovii, H. horridum, H. lactucella, 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. fendleri, 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. vulgatum
Synonyms H. venosum var. nudicaule
Name authority Howell: Fl. N.W. Amer., 395. (1901) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 800. (1753)
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