Hieracium sparsum

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Common name

Scientific name

Hieracium sparsum Friv.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Hieracium sparsum is a perennial plant, to 80 cm tall which does not form shoots (stolons). Stem glabrous or slightly pubescent, erect, up to 80 cm high, leafy. Leaves glabrous above or with sparse hairs, along the edge and below the veins pubescent, the lower broadly lanceolate to linear, narrowed in the winged petiole, entire or slightly toothed; stem leaves much smaller, linear, sessile. Inflorescence paniculate. Outer bracts shorter than inner, almost glabrous. The flowers are yellow. The fruit is 3-4.5 mm long. Blooms June - September¹.

Habitat

Grassy and stony places².

Distribution in Bulgaria

In the floristic regions: Stara Planina, Vitosha, Rila, Rhodopes, Pirin, Western Border Mountains and Sredna Gora; between 1600 and 2800 meters altitude³.

General distribution

Alps, Carpathians, Balkan Peninsula, Caucasus, Asia Minor⁴.

References

1 Стоянов, Н. & Б. Китанов. 1966. Високопланинските растения в България. Изд. "Наука и изкуство", София.

2 Стоянов, Н. & Б. Китанов. 1966. Пос. източник.

3 Делипавлов, Д., И. Чешмеджиев, М. Попова, Д. Терзийски, И. Ковачев. 2003. Определител на растенията в България. Аграрен университет. Пловдив.

4 Стоянов, Н. & Б. Китанов. 1966. Пос. източник.

Hieracium sparsum на български