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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

Parry's hawkweed, Scouler's woollyweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 15–45+ 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) and stipitate-glandular, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm) 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 (0–)3–5, cauline 2–3(–8);

blades lance-elliptic to lanceolate, 30–80(–100) × (3–)10–20(–30+) mm, lengths 3–8(–10+) times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices obtuse to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), sometimes glabrate.

Peduncles

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

densely stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

campanulate, 10–12 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

30–60+;

corollas yellow, 9–11 mm.

Phyllaries

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

13–21+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 7–9+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

(1–)3–12+ in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

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

columnar, 2.5–3 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, white bristles in ± 2 series, ca. 5 mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium parryi

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Openings in brush, grassy slopes, serpentines
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 10–2000 m (0–6600 ft)
Distribution
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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. 290.
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. flagellare, H. greenei, H. gronovii, H. horridum, H. lactucella, H. longiberbe, H. longipilum, H. megacephalon, H. murorum, H. nudicaule, H. paniculatum, 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) Zahn: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 79[IV,280]: 1128. (1922)
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