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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)

glaucous hawkweed, glaucous King-devil, King devil, tall hawkweed, épervière des florentins

Habit Plants (15–)35–60+ cm. Plants 15–40(–70+) 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 usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 2–4+ mm), rarely glabrous, distally usually glabrous, sometimes piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and/or 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 3–8(–20+), cauline 0–2(–4+);

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 30–100(–150+) × 8–20+ mm, lengths 2.5–8+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins entire or denticulate, apices rounded to acute, faces glabrous or piloso-hirsute (on midribs and at margins, hairs 1–4+ mm).

Peduncles

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

piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

campanulate, 8–10 mm.

campanulate, 5–7 mm.

Florets

20–45+;

corollas yellow, 10–12 mm.

(40–)60–80+;

corollas yellow, 6–9 mm.

Phyllaries

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

12–18+, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 0.5–1.5+), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular.

Calyculi

bractlets 5–13+.

bractlets 3–12+.

Heads

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

(3–)10–30+ in subumbelliform or corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

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

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

columnar, 1.5–2 mm;

pappi of 25–40+,white bristles in 1 series, 3–4 mm.

Hieracium scouleri

Hieracium piloselloides

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat Disturbed sites, openings in pine forests and sagebrush, borders of meadows Disturbed sites
Elevation 400–3000 m (1300–9800 ft) 10–300(–1500) m (0–1000(–4900) ft)
Distribution
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CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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from FNA
CT; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Plants called Hieracium praealtum Villars ex Gochnat (at least those called H. praealtum var. decipiens W. D. J. Koch) reputedly differ from members of H. piloselloides in having blades of their proximal leaves stellate-pubescent abaxially (M. L. Fernald 1950); such plants may be found in the flora and may merit taxonomic recognition.

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

Source FNA vol. 19, p. 289. FNA vol. 19, p. 285.
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. 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. 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. florentinum, Pilosella piloselloides
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 298. (1833) Villars: Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné, 34. (1779)
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