Hieracium canipes (Almq. ex Stenstr.) 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 canipes (Almq. ex Stenstr.) Dahlst.

Native status

Native. Sparse forests, open forest margins.

Distribution

Finland: Al; Norway, Sweden ( Samuelsson 1954). Records from north-western European Russia ( Sennikov 2000) belong to another taxon.

Diagnosis

Stems 40–60 cm tall. Rosulate leaves elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, base cuneate, apex broadly triangular or subrotund, with small teeth at the base, thin, pale-green, with sparse simple hairs 0.5–0.8 mm long above, glabrescent in the middle, on long petioles. Cauline leaf single, usually reduced. Phyllaries narrowly triangular, with acute apex, 10–11 mm long, grey-green, with rare black simple hairs 0.8–1 mm long, rather dense glandular hairs 0.5–1 mm long and rather dense stellate hairs throughout, apex with indistinct ciliae. Synflorescence branches with solitary simple hairs, rather dense glandular hairs 0.5–0.7 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.