Hieracium lissolepium Johanss. & Sam.

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 lissolepium Johanss. & Sam.

Native status

Native. Open forest margins, shrubs.

Distribution

Finland: Al, Ab, N, Om; Denmark ( Schou 2001), Norway, Sweden ( Johansson 1929), eastern Baltic coastline, including Russia and Estonia ( Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2003 b). Reported elsewhere in Europe ( POWO 2025).

Diagnosis

Stems 70–90 cm tall. Basal leaves rudimentary, withering at anthesis. Cauline leaves 13–18, lowermost ones oblong-lanceolate, base attenuated to cuneate, apex narrowly triangular, with sparse narrowly triangular teeth, rigid, dark-green, glabrous with sparse stellate hairs above, on indistinct petioles; middle ones ovate-lanceolate, base broadly cuneate to subrotund, apex attenuated. Phyllaries triangular-oblong, with rather acute apex, 8–9 mm long, pale grey-green, with or without solitary simple hairs 0.5–0.8 mm long, usually without glandular hairs, with sparse to rather dense stellate hairs throughout, apex without ciliae. Synflorescence branches without simple and glandular hairs, with dense stellate tomentum. Styles with pale black (discoloured) papillae. Ligules glabrous.