Hieracium diminuens (Norrl.) Norrl.

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 diminuens (Norrl.) Norrl.

Native status

Native. Forest margins.

Distribution

Finland: Tb, Sb, Kb, Ok, Obu, Ks, Lkk, Lks, Le, Li; Norway, Sweden ( Samuelsson 1954), northern European Russia ( Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 2008 b).

Diagnosis

Stems 30–45 cm tall. Rosulate leaves elliptic to elliptic-ovate, base broadly cuneate, truncate or sagittate, apex broadly triangular, with minute or small teeth in the basal part, thin, green, with sparse simple hairs 0.5 mm long above (broadly glabrescent in the centre), on long petioles. Cauline leaf single, ovate-lanceolate, single. Phyllaries with narrowly acute apex, 10–11 mm long, grey-green, without simple hairs, with dense glandular hairs 0.5–1 mm long and rather dense stellate hairs throughout, apex with abundant short ciliae. Synflorescence branches without simple hairs, with rather dense glandular hairs 0.4–0.5 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.