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hairy hawkweed, longbeard hawkweed

rattlesnake hawkweed, rattlesnake weed

Habit Plants 30–75(–200) cm. Plants ca. 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) to glabrate, distally usually glabrous, rarely piloso-hirsute.

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 3–6+, cauline 0–1+;

blades obovate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 40–60(–120) × 15–35(–50+) mm, lengths 2–3(–4) times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–5 mm) and stellate-pubescent, adaxial glabrous or piloso-hirsute (mostly near margins, hairs 2–3 mm).

Peduncles

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

usually stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous or glabrate.

Involucres

campanulate, 6–8(–10) mm.

obconic to campanulate, 7–9 mm.

Florets

30–40(–60);

corollas yellow, ca. 7 mm.

30–45+;

corollas yellow (sometimes pale), 7–11 mm.

Phyllaries

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

12–13+, apices acute, abaxial faces usually stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous.

Calyculi

bractlets 9–13+.

bractlets 6–10+.

Heads

10–20+ in paniculiform to nearly racemiform arrays.

4–10(–20+) 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.

(usually black, sometimes red-brown) columnar, 3–4 mm;

pappi of ca. 50+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 4–5 mm.

Hieracium longipilum

Hieracium venosum

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul(–Sep).
Habitat Fields, prairies, roadsides Openings in forests, sandy hillsides
Elevation 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) 10–300 m (0–1000 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.)

Plants of Hieracium venosum with adaxial faces of leaf blades glabrous have been called var. nudicaule.

The type of Hieracium marianum Willdenow may have resulted from a cross between plants of H. venosum and H. gronovii or H. scabrum (M. L. Fernald 1943c).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 285. FNA vol. 19, p. 292.
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. schultzii, H. scouleri, H. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. vulgatum
Synonyms H. venosum var. nudicaule
Name authority Torrey ex Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 800. (1753)
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