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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

flagellate hawkweed, hawkweed, whip hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 5–12(–20+) 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 2–4+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4 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 8–12+, cauline 0(–2+);

blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 20–45(–130+) × 8–20(–25+) mm, lengths 2–3+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, adaxial piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–4+ 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, (9–)12–13 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

90–120+;

corollas yellow (often each with abaxial red stripe), 6–10+ mm.

Phyllaries

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

30–40, apices acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent, sometimes, piloso-hirsute and stipitate-glandular as well.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 13–15+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

2–4+ in ± umbelliform to corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

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

columnar, 1–2.5 mm;

pappi of 25–40+, white bristles in 1 series, 4–5+ mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium flagellare

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering May.
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Disturbed sites, roadsides, forest edges
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 10–300(–600+) m (0–1000(–2000+) 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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CT; IN; MA; ME; MI; NH; NY; OH; PA; VA; VT; BC; NB; NS; PE; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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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 flagellare may have resulted from a cross between plants of H. caespitosum and H. pilosella (A. Cronquist 1980).

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

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 285. FNA vol. 19, p. 284.
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. fendleri, 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. flagellare var. amauracron, H. flagellare var. cernuiforme, H. flagellare var. pilosius, Pilosella flagellaris
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Willdenow: Enum. Pl., suppl.: 54. (1814)
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