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Hieracium sect. Hieracioides Dumort.

hawkweeds (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Plant Atlas 2020
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Comprising:
  • Hieracium umbellatum L. – umbellate hawkweed

Hieracium umbellatum, our only species in the section, grows in sandy and rocky places, especially in southern Great Britain; its many stem-leaves are sessile but not clasping, with down-curving margins.

Lytham St. Anne’s (VC60: West Lancashire); 2020-07-17

 hawkweeds / Hieracium sect. Hieracioides: _Hieracium umbellatum_, our only species in the section, grows in sandy and rocky places, especially in southern Great Britain; its many stem-leaves are sessile but not clasping, with down-curving margins.

The inflorescences of Hieracium umbellatum are rather flat-topped, branching from points close together on the stem; at least the outer phyllaries around each flowering head are distincly recurved in bud.

Lytham St. Anne’s (VC60: West Lancashire); 2020-07-17

 hawkweeds / Hieracium sect. Hieracioides: The inflorescences of _Hieracium umbellatum_ are rather flat-topped, branching from points close together on the stem; at least the outer phyllaries around each flowering head are distincly recurved in bud.

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