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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

Fendler's hawkweed, yellow hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 8–30(–40+) cm (herbage often glaucous).
Stems

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

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 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 3–8+, 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

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

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

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

cylindric to campanulate, (10–)12–15+ mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

15–30+;

corollas pale yellow to ochroleucous, 7–13+ mm.

Phyllaries

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

13–16+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces usually piloso-hirsute and stellate-pubescent, sometimes stipitate-glandular as well.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 5—8+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

2–5+ in ± corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

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

urceolate, 5–7 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, ± stramineous bristles in 2+ series, 5–8+ mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium fendleri

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Pine woods, near springs
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 1400–2900 m (4600–9500 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; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; WY; Mexico; Central America (Guatemala)
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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. 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 Crepis ambigua, Chlorocrepis fendleri, H. fendleri var. discolor
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Schultz-Bipontinus: Bonplandia (Hanover) 9: 173. (1861)
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