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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

Huachuca hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 30–60 cm (herbage sometimes glaucous).
Stems

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

proximally glabrous or piloso-hirsute (hairs 6–10+ mm), distally glabrous.

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 (0–)3–5, cauline 4–8+;

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, 40–80(–120) × 5–10(–20) mm, lengths 2.5–8+ times widths, bases cuneate to truncate, margins entire, apices rounded to acute, faces glabrous or piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–6+ mm).

Peduncles

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

usually glabrous, sometimes stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

campanulate, 7–10 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

ca. 20;

corollas whitish to pinkish, ca. 8 mm.

Phyllaries

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

13–16+, apices ± rounded, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes stellate-pubescent and/or stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 8–13.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

6–25+ in ± corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

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

weakly urceolate, 3–4.5 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, white or stramineous bristles in 2+ series, 4–5+ mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium carneum

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Jul.
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Rocky sites
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 2000–2300 m (6600–7500 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; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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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. 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. 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. brevipilum, H. caespitosum, 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
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Greene: Bot. Gaz. 6: 184. (1881)
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