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Hieracium alpinum

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Name

Identification
Hieracium nigrescens (Elfstr.) Zahn [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Hieracium alpinum Norrl. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Hieracium phyllophyton
  • Hieracium pseudofritzei
  • Hieracium pumilum
  • Hieracium alpinum
  • Hieracium pedunculare
  • Hieracium nigrescens

Flora

Entry for Hieracium alpinum Linnaeus [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 19,
Names
Hieracium alpinum Linnaeus [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 800. 1753
Hieracium angmagssalikense Omang [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
John L. Strother
Information
Plants 10–15(–25+) cm. Stems proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–5+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 3–5+ mm), stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal 5–13+, cauline 0(–2+); blades spatulate to elliptic or narrowly lanceolate, 20–80 × 6–20+ mm, lengths 2–8+ times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, apices rounded to acute, faces piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm). Heads borne singly or 2+ in corymbiform arrays. Peduncles piloso-hirsute, stellate-pubescent, and stipitate-glandular. Calyculi: bractlets 5–8+. Involucres ± hemispheric, 13–18 mm. Phyllaries 13–21+, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces piloso-hirsute and stipitate-glandular. Florets 80–120+; corollas yellow, 12–15 mm. Cypselae columnar, 3.5–4 mm; pappi of 40–60+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 6–7 mm.
Phenology
jul (summer), sep (fall)
Altitude range
0–10+ m;
Distribution
GreenlandEurope.
Discussion
The type of Hieracium trigonophorum Oskarsson is probably conspecific with that of H. alpinum.

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