Hieracium niviferum Norrl.

Sennikov, Alexander, 2025, The collection-based inventory and spatial analysis of Hieracium s. str. (Asteraceae) in Finland, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 154676-e 154676 : e154676-

Hieracium niviferum Norrl.

Native status

Native. Forest margins.

Distribution

Finland: Sb, Kb, Ok. Endemic to Finland.

Diagnosis

Stems 50–60 cm tall. Rosulate leaves elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, with minute teeth or nearly entire margins, rather thick, glaucous-green, glabrous or with few simple hairs along margins above, on long petioles. Cauline leaf single, sometimes reduced. Phyllaries linear-triangular, with a narrowly attenuated, almost subulate apex, ca. 11 mm long, pale grey-green, with sparse to rather dense, half-black simple hairs 1–1.5 mm long, solitary to very rare glandular hairs 0.2–0.3 mm long and dense stellate hairs over the surface, apex with a thin, but considerable ornamentation of ciliae and stellate hairs. Synflorescence branches with rare to sparse dark simple hairs, very rare to sparse glandular hairs 0.2–0.3 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.