Hieracium avae Dahlst. ex Johanss.

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 avae Dahlst. ex Johanss.

Native status

Native. Open forest margins, shrubs.

Distribution

Finland: Al, Ab; Sweden ( Johansson 1929).

Diagnosis

Stems 60–70 cm tall. Basal leaves reduced in size, usually withering at anthesis; cauline leaves 11–13, gradually decreasing in size from the stem base, lowermost ones lanceolate to rhombic-lanceolate, base cuneate, apex triangular, with sparse prominent teeth in the basal half, rigid, dark green, with rather dense simple hairs along the margins and numerous stellate hairs above, on short petioles; middle ones similar. Phyllaries broadly triangular, with acute apex, ca. 9 mm long, blackish, with very rare to rare black-based simple hairs ca. 1 mm long, very dense glandular hairs 0.3–0.5 (0.7) mm long and nearly without stellate hairs, apex without ciliae. Synflorescence branches with or without simple to rare simple hairs, without glandular hairs, with dense stellate pubescence. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.