Hieracium umbellatum

Hieracium umbellatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Hieracium
Species:	H. umbellatum
Binomial name
Hieracium umbellatum L.
Global country-level distribution
Synonyms [1]
Hieracium vulgatum Hieracium kalmiiL. Hieracium umbellatumL. Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein. Hieracium acranthophorumOmang Hieracium columbianumRydb. Hieracium devoldiiOmang Hieracium x dutillyanumLepage Hieracium eugeniiOmang Hieracium fasciculatumPursh Hieracium macrophyllumPursh Hieracium manitobenseGand. Hieracium musartutenseOmang Hieracium nepiocratumOmang Hieracium oxoacrumGand. Hieracium prenanthoidesHook., non Vill. Hieracium rigorosum(Laest.) Almq. Hieracium sinenseVaniot Hieracium stiptocauleOmang [2] Hieracium lactescensRouy [3] Hieracium dunale Hieracium hispidumForssk. Hieracium monticolaJord. Hieracium pervagumBoreau [4]

Hieracium umbellatum (commonly called Hieracium canadense), the Canadian hawkweed, Canada hawkweed, narrowleaf hawkweed, or northern hawkweed, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Distribution

It is native to most of the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. ^[5]

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  Range of Hieracium canadense throughout Asia
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  Range of Hieracium canadense throughout Europe
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  Range of Hieracium canadense throughout North America

Description

Its pointed leaves have toothed margins, where the teeth can appear almost hooked. The flowers of the plant are yellow.

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  Mature plant
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  Budding, flowering, and fruiting
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  Zygaena moth visiting the flower

Infraspecific synonyms

Male leafcutter bee on the flower

There are many named infraspecific taxa of Hieracium umbellatum:

• Hieracium canadenseMichx.forma lepageiVict.
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.forma pilosiusLepage
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.forma rufescensLepage
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. angustifoliumTorr. & A.Gray p.p.
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. columbianum(Rydb.) H. St.John
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. divaricatumLepage
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. fasciculatum(Pursh) Fernald
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. hirtirameumFernald
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. kalmii (L.) Scoggan
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. latifoliumTorr. & A.Gray
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. scabrumSchwein.
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. subintegrumLepage
• Hieracium kalmiiL.var. canadense(Michx.) Reveal
• Hieracium kalmiiL.var. fasciculatum(Pursh) Lepage
• Hieracium kalmiiL.var. subintegrum(Lepage) Lepage
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.forma chrysostylumLepage
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.forma phaeostylumLepage
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.forma xanthostylumLepage
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.var. columbianum(Rydb.) Lepage
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.var. perhirsutumLepage
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.var. saximontanumLepage
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.var. scabrum(Schwein.) Lepage
• Hieracium subnudumL.var. canadense(Michx.)(Michx.) DC.
• Hieracium sylvaticum Salisb., nom. illeg. hom., non(L.) L.
• Hieracium umbellatumL.subsp. canadense(Michx.) Guppy
• Hieracium umbellatumL.subsp. scabriusculum (Schwein.)Á. & D. Löve
• Hieracium umbellatumL.var. canadense(Michx.) Breitung
• Hieracium umbellatumL.var. communeFr.
• Hieracium umbellatumL.var. coronopifoliumBernh. ex Kom.
• Hieracium umbellatumL.var. mongolicumFr.
• Hieracium umbellatumL.var. scabriusculum(Schwein.) Farw. ^[2]
• Hieracium laevigatum subsp. canadense(Michx.) Zahn
• Hieracium umbellatumL.var. canadense(Michx.) Breitung ^[6]
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. canadense
• Hieracium canadenseMichx.var. fasciculatum(Pursh) Fernald
• Hieracium scabriusculumSchwein.var. columbianum(Rydb.) Lepage ^[7]
• Hieracium umbellatum subsp. monticola(Jord.) Nyman ^[4]

References

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5. "Hieracium umbellatum". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2007-12-27.
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