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hound-tongue hawkweed, hounds tongue hawkweed, hounds-tongue hawkweed (var. griseum), Scouler's hawkweed, Scouler's woollyweed, western hawkweed, western hawkweed (var. albertinum), woolly weed, woolly-weed (var. scouleri)

Habit Plants (15–)35–60+ cm. Plants 25–65 cm.
Stems

proximally usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–8+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, sometimes glabrous, distally usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–8+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, rarely stipitate-glandular as well, sometimes glabrous.

proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), distally stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

Leaves

basal 0(–5+), cauline (3–)5–10+;

blades lanceolate, oblanceolate or narrowly oblong to elliptic, 50–100(–200) × 10–25(–35+) mm, lengths (3–)4–8+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire or denticulate, apices obtuse to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–5+ mm) and stellate-pubescent, rarely glabrous.

basal 3–6+, cauline 3–6+;

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 35–120 × 10–18+ mm, lengths (2–)4–10+ times widths, bases cuneate to truncate (± clasping), margins entire, apices obtuse to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 0.5–1.5+ mm), sometimes glabrous.

Peduncles

usually stellate-pubescent, sometimes piloso-hirsute and/or stipitate-glandular as well, rarely glabrous.

stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 8–10 mm.

campanulate to cylindric, 10–11 mm.

Florets

20–45+;

corollas yellow, 10–12 mm.

15–25+;

corollas ochroleucous, ca. 8 mm.

Phyllaries

12–21+, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

9–13+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 5–13+.

bractlets 5–8+.

Heads

(3–)9–25+ in corymbiform to thyrsiform arrays.

6–10+ in ± paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

(red-brown or black) columnar, ca. 3 mm;

pappi of 32–40+, white or stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 6–7 mm.

urceolate, 5–6 mm;

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

Hieracium scouleri

Hieracium brevipilum

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering Aug.
Habitat Disturbed sites, openings in pine forests and sagebrush, borders of meadows Pine woods
Elevation 400–3000 m (1300–9800 ft) 2300–3000 m (7500–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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from FNA
AZ; NM
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Source FNA vol. 19, p. 289. FNA vol. 19, p. 287.
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. 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. traillii, H. triste, H. umbellatum, H. venosum, H. vulgatum
H. abscissum, H. albiflorum, H. alpinum, H. argutum, H. aurantiacum, H. bolanderi, 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. venosum, H. vulgatum
Synonyms H. absonum, H. albertinum, H. chapacanum, H. cynoglossoides, H. scouleri var. albertinum, H. scouleri var. griseum H. fendleri var. mogollense
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 64. (1882)
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