Hieracium symphytaceum

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 408

251. H. symphytaceum group ( H. prenanthoides / racemosum ). Stems 10-100(-120) cm, with dense simple eglandular and few minute glandular hairs throughout and some stellate hairs above. Leaves glaucous, prominently veined beneath, with few to numerous simple eglandular hairs, the upper sometimes with stellate hairs beneath, the lower broadly ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, more or less acute, subentire to dentate, narrowed into a winged, semiamplexicaul petiole, the median similar but sometimes panduriform, the upper smaller. Capitula few to numerous; peduncles bracteate or with small leaves, with numerous stellate and glandular hairs, sometimes with few simple eglandular hairs. Involucre (7—)9—10(—12) mm; bracts with numerous to dense stellate and dense glandular hairs, without or with few simple eglandular hairs. Ligules glabrous or with a few simple eglandular hairs at apex. Stigmas sometimes yellow. • S. W. Alps; C. Appennini; Corse; W. Jugoslavia. Co Ga He It Ju. Included species:

H. polyadenium Arvet-Touvet in Burnat & Gremii, Cat. Hier. Alpes Marit. 79 (1883). W. Alps. Ga He It.

H. symphytaceum Arvet-Touvet , Bull. Soc. Dauph. Éch. Pl. 3: 75 (1876). S. W. Alps; C. Appennini. Ga It.