Hieracium karelorum (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 karelorum (Norrl.) Norrl.

Synonym: Hieracium multiglandulosum Üksip

Native status

Native. Birch forests, shrubs, forest margins.

Distribution

Finland: Sa, Kl, Sb, Kb; northern European Russia ( Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2008 b) reaching as far as Tver Region to the east ( Sennikov 2006 b).

Diagnosis

Stems 60–100 cm tall. Basal leaves withering at anthesis; cauline leaves 13–18, rather densely spaced, distinctly panduriform, base amplexicaul to broadly subrotund, apex broadly triangular, without teeth, rigid, pale green, glabrous, but with few stellate hairs above, sessile. Phyllaries oblong, with subobtuse apex, 8–9 (10) mm long, dark grey-green, with solitary to rather rare simple hairs ca. 0.5 mm long, with dense to abundant glandular hairs (0.4–0.6 (0.5–0.8 (1) mm long and nearly without stellate hairs, with very narrow glabrous margins, apex without ciliae. Synflorescence branches with solitary to rather rare simple hairs, abundant glandular hairs 0.2–0.3 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules ciliate.