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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

mouse-ear hawkweed, épervière piloselle

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 10–25(–40+) 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 stellate-pubescent, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2 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 (2–)5–10+, cauline 0(–3);

blades elliptic to ± oblanceolate, 10–45(–75+) × 5–12(–18+) mm, lengths 2–4(–6+) times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–7+ mm) and stellate-pubescent.

Peduncles

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

piloso-hirsute and stellate-pubescent.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

hemispheric to obconic, 7.5–9 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

60–120+;

corollas yellow (often each with abaxial red stripe), 8–13+ mm.

Phyllaries

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

20–34+, apices acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, sometimes piloso-hirsute as well.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 8–15+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

usually borne singly, rarely 2(–3).

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

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

columnar, 1.5–2 mm;

pappi of 30+, white bristles in 1 series, 4–5 mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium pilosella

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Disturbed sites (sandy or gravelly soils, fields, lawns, roadsides)
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 10–100+ m (0–300+ 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; DE; GA; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WA; WV; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; QC; SPM; 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.)

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 285. FNA vol. 19, p. 283.
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. parryi, 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. pilosella var. niveum, Pilosella officinarum
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 800. (1753)
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