Hieracium lepistoides (Johanss. ex Dahlst.) 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 lepistoides (Johanss. ex Dahlst.) Brenner

Native status

Native. Shady sparse spruce and pine forests, forest margins.

Distribution

Finland: Ab, N, Ka, St, Ta, Sa, Oa, Tb, Sb, Kb, Om, Obu, Ks; Norway, Sweden ( Samuelsson 1954), northern European Russia ( Samuelsson 1954, Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2006 c, Sennikov 2008 b) up to Ryazan Region in the south ( Sennikov 2006 b) and the Ural mountains in the east ( Sennikov and Golubeva 2014). Reported from numerous other parts of Europe ( POWO 2025).

Diagnosis

Stems 40–50 cm tall. Rosulate leaves oblong to ovate-oblong, base broadly cuneate or subrotund to truncate, apex broadly triangular, with sparse large narrow teeth, thin, grass-green, with rare to sparse simple hairs 0.5–0.8 mm long above, on long petioles. Cauline leaf single, reduced in size. Phyllaries narrowly triangular, with acute apex, 9–10 mm long, grey-green, without simple hairs, with dense to abundant glandular hairs 0.5–1 (1.2) mm long and sparse stellate hairs along the margins, apex with abundant long straight ciliae. Synflorescence branches without simple hairs, with dense glandular hairs 0.3–0.5 (0.8) mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.