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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

European hawkweed, European King devil, New England hawkweed, savoy hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants ca. 65 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 2–3+ mm), distally glabrous or stellate-pubescent, sometimes piloso-hirsute as well (hairs 1–2 mm).

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, cauline 12–20+;

blades ± lanceolate, 30–80 × 10–25 mm, lengths 2–4+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually toothed, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, adaxial glabrous or ± scabrellous (especially distal margins).

Peduncles

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

stellate-pubescent.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

campanulate, 8–9 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

40–60+;

corollas yellow, ca. 10 mm.

Phyllaries

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

21+, apices ± rounded, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 21+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

25–30+ 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 ca. 60+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, ca. 6 mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium sabaudum

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Disturbed sites (grasslands, open woods)
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 10+ m (0+ 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; MA; ME; NJ; NY; PA; WI; BC; NS; 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. 289.
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. pilosella, H. piloselloides, H. pringlei, H. robinsonii, 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) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 804. (1753)
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