Hieracium savonicum 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 savonicum Norrl.

Native status

Native. Sparse forests, open forest margins.

Distribution

Finland: Oa, Tb, Sb, Ok. Endemic to Finland.

Diagnosis

Stems 50–60 cm tall. Rosulate leaves elliptic, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, base broadly cuneate, apex rather obtuse, with small broad teeth, thin, greyish-green, with sparse simple hairs up to 0.5 mm long above (glabrescent in the middle), on long petioles. Cauline leaf similar, reduced in size. Phyllaries narrowly triangular, with acute apex, 10 mm long, greyish-green, without simple hairs, with dense glandular hairs 0.4–0.8 mm long and stellate hairs along the margins and sparsely in the basal part, apex with short ciliae. Synflorescence branches without simple hairs, with dense glandular hairs 0.3–0.6 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.