Hieracium meticeps (Almq. ex Dahlst.) Dahlst.

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 meticeps (Almq. ex Dahlst.) Dahlst.

Native status

Native. Forest margins.

Distribution

Finland: Al; Sweden.

Notes

Tyler (2010 a) included this species in Hieracium canipes (Almq. ex Stenstr.) Dahlst.

Diagnosis

Stems 40–50 cm tall. Rosulate leaves oblong or oblong-ovate, base broadly cuneate to subrotund, apex broadly triangular to subrotund, with distant broad teeth, thin, grass-green, with sparse simple hairs up to 0.5 mm long above (glabrescent in the middle), on long petioles. Cauline leaf single, similar to the basal leaves or reduced. Phyllaries linear-triangular, with narrowly acute apex, 9–10 mm long, dark grey-green, with a few simple hairs 0.5–0.8 mm long at the base, rather dense black glandular hairs 0.5–0.8 (1) mm long and sparse stellate hairs along the margins, apex without ciliae. Synflorescence branches without simple hairs, with rather dense glandular hairs 0.4–0.6 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.