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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

alpine hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 10–15(–25+) cm.
Stems

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 6–15+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–10+ mm), sometimes stellate-pubescent as well.

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–5+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–5+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Leaves

basal 3–8+, cauline (3–)6–12+;

blades oblanceolate, 45–80(–250+) × 12–30(–40+) mm, lengths 4–7+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices rounded to acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–8+ mm).

basal 5–13+, cauline 0(–2+);

blades spatulate to elliptic or narrowly lanceolate, 20–80 × 6–20+ mm, lengths 2–8+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, apices rounded to acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm).

Peduncles

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, sometimes piloso-hirsute as well.

piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

± hemispheric, 13–18 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

80–120+;

corollas yellow, 12–15 mm.

Phyllaries

12–21+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

13–21+, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 5–8+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

borne singly or 2+ in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

pappi of 35–40+, stramineous to sordid bristles in 2+ series, 5.5–6.5 mm.

columnar, 3.5–4 mm;

pappi of 40–60+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 6–7 mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium alpinum

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Jul(–Sep).
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Calcareous stream banks
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 0–10+ m (0–0+ ft)
Distribution
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AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MI; MN; MO; NE; OH; OK; TN; TX; WI; ON
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Greenland; Europe
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Discussion

Hieracium longipilum may be no longer present in Quebec.

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

The type of Hieracium trigonophorum Oskarsson is probably conspecific with that of H. alpinum.

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

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 285. FNA vol. 19, p. 291.
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. longiberbe, 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. 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. venosum, H. vulgatum
Synonyms H. angmagssalikense
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 800. (1753)
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