Hieracium longipilum |
Hieracium fendleri |
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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed |
Fendler's hawkweed, yellow hawkweed |
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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 |
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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 |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 285. | FNA vol. 19, p. 286. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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