Hieracium coniops Norrl.

Native status

Native. Pine forests, forest margins, shrubs.

Distribution

Finland: Ab, N, Ka, St, Ta, Sa, Oa, Ok, Obo, Obu, Ks, Lkk, Lks, Le; Norway, Sweden (Samuelsson 1954, Tyler 2017), northern European Russia (Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2008 b).

Notes

This species was treated broadly with the inclusion of Hieracium umbricola (Samuelsson 1954, Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2008 b, Tyler 2017) and the distributions of both taxa are currently unclear due to this confusion.

Diagnosis

Stems 25–70 cm tall. Rosulate leaves narrowly lanceolate, often with rather coarse narrow teeth, rather thick, pale glaucous-green, nearly glabrous with numerous stellate hairs above, on short petioles. Cauline leaves similar, (1) 2–4 (5). Phyllaries narrowly triangular, with an acute apex, 9–10 mm long, pale greyish-green, with sparse to rather dense pale simple hairs 0.8–1 (1.3) mm long, rather rare blackish glandular hairs 0.1–0.3 (0.5) mm long and sparse to rather dense stellate hairs throughout, apex with few short ciliae. Synflorescence branches without simple hairs, with solitary glandular hairs 0.1–0.2 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.