Hieracium godbyense (Norrl.) 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 godbyense (Norrl.) Norrl.

Native status

Native. Open forest margins, shrubs.

Distribution

Finland: Al. Not known outside Finland, probably endemic.

Notes

This species was treated broadly and reported from the neighbouring territories in the recent sources ( Hackman and Sennikov 1998, Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2003 b, POWO 2025). Its actual distribution and distinction from H. griseellum should be studied.

Diagnosis

Stems 70–100 cm tall. Basal leaves 2–3, partly withering at anthesis; cauline leaves 11–13, evenly distributed along the stem, lowermost ones lanceolate, base cuneate, apex narrowly triangular, with sparse small teeth, rigid, grass-green, with rather dense simple hairs 1.5–2 mm long and sparse stellate hairs above, on indistinct petioles. Phyllaries triangular, with acute apex, 9–10 mm long, grey-green, with rather rare black-based simple hairs ca. 1 mm long, dense glandular hairs 0.2–0.4 mm long and rather dense stellate hairs throughout (somehow resembling the phyllaries of H. vulgatum ), apex with few short ciliae. Synflorescence branches with sparse to rather dense simple hairs, rather dense glandular hairs 0.1–0.2 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.