Hieracium vulgatum

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 : 378

71. H. vulgatum group ( H. levicaule Jordan ). Stems 20-80 cm, with stellate and simple eglandular hairs. Leaves with simple eglandular hairs which are usually sparse above, sometimes with stellate hairs beneath; basal numerous, 15-150 x 10-45 mm, lanceolate to ovate, obtuse to acute, denticulate to dentate; cauline 2—10(— 15), like the basal, the lower usually petiolate, the upper smaller. Capitula l-20(-numerous); peduncles with dense stellate hairs, few to numerous simple eglandular hairs, and often a few glandular hairs. Involucre 8-11 x 7-10 mm; bracts obtuse to acute, with few to numerous stellate hairs, numerous simple eglandular hairs and few to numerous glandular hairs. Stigmas discoloured. Ligules glabrous or with simple eglandular hairs at apex. 2« = 27. Much of Europe, but absent from many of the islands and parts of the south. Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C,?W) Su.

Included species:

H. calcigenum Rehmann , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 23: 212 (1873). • Au Cz Ge Po Rm Rs (?W). H. lepidulum (Stenström) Omang , Nyt Mag. Naturvid. (Christiania) 43: 291 (1905). • Au Br Bu Cz Da Ga Ge He Hu It No Po Su.

H. neopinnatifidum Pugsley , Jour. Ecol. 33: 346 (1946) ( H. pinnatifidum Lönnr. ex Dahlst. , non Willd.). • Au Cz Da Ga Ge He Ho Hu It No Po Su Rs (В).

H. vulgatum Fries , Nov. FI. Suec. 76 (1819). 2« = 27. Au Be Br Da Fe Ga Ge Hb It Ju No Rm Rs (N, B, C) Su.