Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Pilosella// Species: Pilosella schultesii (F. W. Schultz) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Sell and West in Tutin et al., 1976) and Flora SR Srbije VII (Gajić in Josifović, 1975) as Hieracium x schultesii F. W. Schultz, Arch. Fl. Fr. Allem. 35 (1842) (=H. lactucella/pilosella). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) is Pilosella schultesii (F. W. Schultz) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip. in Flora 45: 432. 1862.
*Differs from H. lactucella Wallr. in having stellate hairs on the abaxial side of leaves and more or less acute involucral bracts.
Description: Perennial with flowering rosettes and leafy stolons. Basal leaves glaucous, lanceolate to narrowly elliptical or narrowly lanceolate-oblong up to 65 mm long, obtuse to acute with winged petiole, with sparse cilia on the adaxial side and margin and dense indumentum of stellate hairs on the abaxial side. Stolons many, long and slender, with dense stellate indumentum and scattered simple hairs, occasionally terminating in capitulum, leaves smaller and spatulate – indumentum similar as in basal leaves. Stems branched, with indumentum of dense stellate hairs and sparse simple hairs, peduncles with dense stellate hairs and also with glandular hairs. Well developed cauline leaves 0-1, somewhat similar to the basal but shorter, narrower and acute, without a distinct petiole. Synflorescence furcate or irregular cyme, with (1-)2-6 capitula. Involucre 7 to 9 mm long x c. 4 mm wide, with dense indumentum of glandular and stellate hairs. Involucral bracts linera-lanceolate, acute, blackish-green with pale margin. Ligules yellow, sometimes with red stripe on outer side, stigma yellow.
Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open rocky terrains in the subalpine belt at c. 1500 m altitude (Kormina region north of Ponikva).
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Pilosella schultesii – habit. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – habit. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – synflorescence. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – capitula. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – capitula. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – capitula with involucral bracts. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – capitula with involucral bracts. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – adaxial side (left) and abaxial side of basal leaf with stellate hairs (right). Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – stolons. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – stolons. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – stolon. Osogovo – Kormina region, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – habit. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – habit. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – flowering stems with synflorescence. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – synflorescence. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – capitula. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – capitula. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – stem, cauline leaf and branch of synflorescence. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – abaxial side of cauline leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves, lower part of stems and stolons. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves, lower part of stems and stolons. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – adaxial side of basal leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – abaxial side of basal leaves. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – leafy stolon. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – leafy stolon. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – leafy stolon. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – abaxial side of stolon leaf. Osogovo – Kormina region, 08.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – habit. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – capitula. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – cauline leaves (left and center) and basal leaves (right). Scale in cm/ mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves and stolons. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Hieracium L. (incl. Pilosella Hill.). Sell, P. D. & 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.
Pilosella schultesii. 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/b6581de7-5f3c-4a6e-bb45-43c50d1de3a9 [Accessed 11.08.2022].
Rod HIERACIUM L. Gajić, M. in Josifović (1975). Flora SR Srbije VII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 336-465.
