Hieracium distractum 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 distractum Norrl.

Native status

Native. Sparse pine and spruce forests.

Distribution

Finland: Ab, N, Ka, St, Ta, Sa, Tb, Sb, Kb, Obu, Ks; northern Sweden ( Tyler 2006 e), Baltic countries ( Sennikov 2003 b), north-western Belarus ( Sennikov 1999 c), northern European Russia ( Schljakov 1989, Sennikov 2000, Sennikov 2008 b).

Diagnosis

Stems 30–50 cm tall. Rosulate leaves broadly elliptic to elliptic-ovate, with small or prominent narrow teeth, thin, grass-green, with sparse to dense simple hairs 0.5 mm long above, on rather long petioles. Cauline leaf single, often reduced. Phyllaries narrowly triangular, with acute apex, 9–10 mm long, grey-green, without simple hairs, with very dense to abundant glandular hairs 0.6–1 (1.5) mm long and sparse stellate hairs mostly along the margins, apex with a few ciliae. Synflorescence branches without simple hairs, with dense glandular hairs 0.5–0.6 mm long and stellate hairs. Styles with black papillae. Ligules glabrous.