Hieracium megavulgatum T. Tyler

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 megavulgatum T. Tyler

Synonym: Hieracium vulgatiforme (Dahlst.) Johanss.

Native status

Native. Pine and spruce forests, forest margins, shrubs, roadsides.

Distribution

Finland: Al, Ab, N, Ka, St, Ta, Sa, Tb, Sb, Kb, Ok; Denmark ( Schou 2001), Norway, Sweden ( Tyler 2017), northern European Russia ( Schljakov 1989). Reported also from Central Europe ( POWO 2025).

Diagnosis

Stems 40–80 cm tall. Rosulate leaves lanceolate, base cuneate, apex triangular, with sparse serrate teeth, rather thin, but rigid, dark-green, with sparse simple hairs 1 mm long and rare to sparse stellate hairs above, on rather short petioles. Cauline leaves similar, shortly petiolate to sessile, 5–10. Phyllaries triangular, with acute apex, 9–10 mm long, grey-green, with sparse to rather dense black-based simple hairs 1–1.5 mm long, rare to sparse glandular hairs 0.2–0.5 (0.7) mm long and sparse stellate hairs on the surface and more prominently along the margins, apex without ciliae. Synflorescence branches with rare to sparse simple hairs, solitary to rare glandular hairs 0.2–0.3 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.