Glabrous-headed Hawkweed - Hieracium vagum
The bracts surrounding the inflorescence more or less glabrous in this species. The leaves are mostly ovate and have teeth less than 5 mm long. The styles are discoloured. Flowers yellow, in a much branched, loose panicle. Main stem with numerous leaves.
Identifying most Hieracium to species-level is extremely difficult, and can only be done from a specimen by an expert in the genus. Stace (4th edition) separates the 415 microspecies into 15 sections which can be identified with care on the basis of leaf characteristics.
Identifying most Hieracium to species-level is extremely difficult, and can only be done from a specimen by an expert in the genus. Stace (4th edition) separates the 415 microspecies into 15 sections which can be identified with care on the basis of leaf characteristics.
Roadside verges, embankments, waste places and disturbed ground.
Flowering from August into October.
Perennial.
Status in Britain is difficult to determine due to difficulty of identification.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Croft, Huncote Road
07 August 2019
f. vagum
Graham Calow
Croft, Huncote Road
07 August 2019
f. vagum
Graham Calow
Croft, Huncote Road
07 August 2019
f. vagum
Graham Calow
Croft, Huncote Road
07 August 2019
f. vagum
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Species profile
- Common names
- Glabrous-headed Hawkweed
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 07/08/2019 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 07/08/2019 (Calow, Graham)
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