Taxonomy : Fam. Compositae// Genus: Hieracium // Species: Hieracium sparsum Friv.
Determined according to the botanical key by Sell and West (1976 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Central Europe, Italy, Balkan Peninsula to Caucasus and Turkey according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+).
Habitat: Subalpine pastures, edges of European beech forests.
Flowering period: Summer (JUL, AUG).
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 04.07.2022.
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.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 10.07.2022.
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.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 15.08.2022.
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.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 27.08.2022.
Hieracium sparsum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium sparsum – achenes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 24.07.2021.
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 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].
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 http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Hieracium%20sparsum&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 29.07.2021].
Sell, P. D. & West., C. 1976. Hieracium L. (incl. Pilosella Hill.). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea . Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 358–410.
Last update: 29.12.2022.
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