Hieracium cymosum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 372

30. H. cymosum L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1126 (1763).

Stolons, when present, usually short and underground. Rosette-leaves 30-170 x 5-25 mm, mostly oblanceolate, sometimes narrowly elliptical, acute to obtuse, long-attenuate at base, usually entire, rarely minutely denticulate, with more or less numerous, subrigid simple eglandular hairs. Flowering stems 3O-8O(-1OO) cm, with few to numerous stellate hairs, numerous simple eglandular hairs and sometimes a few short glandular hairs, with 1-4 leaves like those of the rosette or bract-like. Inflorescence cymose-corymbose, the main branches often subumbellate; capitula (10-)20-80(-100). Involucral bracts (4—)5—8-5 x 0-75-1 mm, linear-lanceolate, more or less acute, with more or less numerous stellate hairs, numerous simple eglandular hairs and few to numerous, shorter, dark glandular hairs. 2л = 36, 54, 63. Much ofEurope, but absentfrom most of the west. Al Au Bu Co Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr He Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, В, C, W, E) Sa Su Tu. 1 Involucral bracts with numerous or dense glandular hairs, without or with few simple eglandular hairs

(c) subsp. cymigerum

1 Involucral bracts with dense simple eglandular hairs, without or with few glandular hairs

2 Inflorescence compact, with short branches (a) subsp. sabinum 2 Inflorescence more or less umbellate, with long branches

(b) subsp. cymosum