Hieracium hjeltii 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 hjeltii Norrl.

Native status

Native. Open places in pine and spruce forests.

Distribution

Finland: Ab, N, Ka, St, Ta, Sa, Oa, Tb, Sb, Kb, Om; Sweden ( Samuelsson 1954), Baltic countries ( Sennikov 2003 b), Belarus ( Sennikov 1999 b), northern European Russia ( Samuelsson 1954, Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2008 b) as far as Tver Region in the east ( Sennikov 2006 b, Sennikov 2006 c).

Diagnosis

Stems 40–50 cm tall. Rosulate leaves oblong, ovate-oblong to ovate, base broadly cuneate to subrotund, apex broadly triangular, with small repand dentation, rather thin, pale-green, with rare to sparse simple hairs up to 5 mm long above, on rather long petioles. Cauline leaf single, lanceolate-ovate. Phyllaries triangular, with acute apex, 9–10 mm long, pale grey-green, without simple hairs, with dense glandular hairs 0.6–1 (1.2) mm long and usually dense stellate hairs throughout and abundant along the margins, apex with abundant coma. Synflorescence branches without simple hairs, with rather dense glandular hairs 0.4–0.6 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules densely ciliate.