Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).
Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Central Europe, Italy, Balkan Peninsula to Caucasus and Turkey according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+).
Habitat: Subalpine grasslands/ pastures, edges of European beech forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Hieracium sparsum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – flowering stem with capitula – developing capitula nodding in bud. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitulum. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitulum. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – basal leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – basal leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – basal leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 04.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitulum. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitulum. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitulum. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – involucre. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – stem with cauline leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – basal leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – basal leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – achenes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – achenes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – achenes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum -habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hieracium sparsum – capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – capitulum. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – involucre. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – basal and lower cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Hieracium sparsum – basal and lower cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Hieracium L. (incl. Pilosella Hill.). Sell, P.D. and West, C. in 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: Cambridge University Press, pp. 358 – 410.
Hieracium sparsum. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ab8b346c-d8e8-4311-80d5-3fed9bdb8522 [Accessed 29.12.2022].