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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 25–65 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 1–3+ mm), distally 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 3–6+, cauline 3–6+;

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 35–120 × 10–18+ mm, lengths (2–)4–10+ times widths, bases cuneate to truncate (± clasping), margins entire, apices obtuse to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 0.5–1.5+ mm), sometimes glabrous.

Peduncles

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

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

campanulate to cylindric, 10–11 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

15–25+;

corollas ochroleucous, ca. 8 mm.

Phyllaries

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

9–13+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 5–8+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

6–10+ in ± paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

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

urceolate, 5–6 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, white to stramineous bristles in 2+ series, 5–6 mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium brevipilum

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Aug.
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Pine woods
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 2300–3000 m (7500–9800 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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AZ; NM
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Discussion

Hieracium longipilum may be no longer present in Quebec.

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

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 285. FNA vol. 19, p. 287.
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. alpinum, H. argutum, H. aurantiacum, H. bolanderi, 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. fendleri var. mogollense
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 64. (1882)
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