Hieracium condylodes Brenner

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 condylodes Brenner

Synonym: Hieracium polycomum Dahlst. ex Norrl.

Native status

Native. Riversides, shrubs, tundra, sparse birch forests.

Distribution

Finland: Obu, Ks, Lkk, Lks, Le; Norway, Sweden, northern European Russia ( Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 1999 a, Sennikov 2008 b).

Diagnosis

Stems 60–80 cm tall. Basal leaves withering at anthesis; cauline leaves 15–20, densely spaced, narrowly oblong to slightly panduriform, base narrowly subrotund to broadly cuneate, apex triangular, with 3–5 small broad teeth in the middle part, rigid, dark green, glabrous, but with few stellate hairs above, sessile. Phyllaries oblong, with obtuse apex, 9–10 mm long, dark grey-green, with very rare to sparse (rather dense) simple hairs ca. 1 mm long, rather dense to dense glandular hairs 0.1–0.4 (0.6) mm long and sparse to rather dense stellate hairs, with narrow glabrous margins, apex with indistinct short ciliae. Synflorescence branches with sparse to dense stiff black-based simple hairs 0.5–0.8 mm long, rare to rather dense glandular hairs 0.2–0.3 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.