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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

roughstem hawkweed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants 12–70+ 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 4–6+ mm), distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 4–6+ 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 1–4, cauline 6–9;

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 25–150 × 10–35+ mm, lengths 2.5–5+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, apices ± acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–5+ 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.

campanulate, 8–9(–12) mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

25–40+;

corollas yellow, 5–8 mm.

Phyllaries

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

16–21+, apices acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 10–15+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

3–25+ in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

urceolate, 3–4+ mm;

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

columnar, 2.5–4 mm;

pappi of 50–60+, white or stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 5–6 mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium schultzii

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Grasslands, pine forests
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 2000–2700 m (6600–8900 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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TX; Mexico; Central America (Guatemala)
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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. 288.
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. sabaudum, H. scabrum, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
Synonyms H. friesii, H. rusbyi var. wrightii, H. wrightii
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Fries: Uppsala Univ. Årsskr. 1862: 150. (1862)
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