Hieracium argenteum (Fr.) Fr.

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 argenteum (Fr.) Fr.

Synonym: Hieracium bottnicum Dahlst. ex Norrl.

Native status

Native. Open and forested rocks.

Distribution

Finland: Ab, N, St, Oa; Norway, Sweden ( Samuelsson 1954, Tyler 2011).

Notes

Tyler (2011) doubted the application of this species name (which remains formally unresolved) and suggested using the name Hieracium anodon Brenner instead.

Diagnosis

Stems 15–25 cm tall, with simple hairs 3–3.5 mm long at the base. Rosulate leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, with minute to prominent narrow teeth, thick, intensely plumbeous, glabrous above, margin with simple hairs 1.5–3 mm long, on very short petioles. Cauline leaves similar, 1–3 at the stem base. Phyllaries narrowly triangular, attenuated to the apex, 10–12 mm long, blackish, with sparse simple hairs 1.5–2.5 mm long, dark glandular hairs 0.3–0.5 mm long and stellate hairs throughout, apex with numerous long ciliae. Synflorescence branches with solitary simple hairs, rather dense glandular hairs 0.1–0.4 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with dark papillae. Ligules glabrous.