Hieracium longipilum |
Hieracium pilosella |
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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed |
mouse-ear hawkweed, épervière piloselle |
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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 |
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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 |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 285. | FNA vol. 19, p. 283. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Hieracium |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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