Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum Zahn

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Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Hieracium// Species: Hieracium racemosum Willd.// Subspecies: Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum Zahn.

Literature used for determination: Hayek (1928-1931), Gajić (1975 in Josifović), Sell and West (1976 in Tutin et al.), Stoyanov, Raycheva & Cheschmedzhiev (2021).

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Central Europe to France, Italy and Southeast Europe according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, W. 2006+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Recorded on the edge of oak woods near Lake Gradche.

Flowering period: Summer – fall.

Locality: Kochani– Lake Gradche. Date: 11.10.2025.

Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – habit. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – habit. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – synflorescence. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – capitulum. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – capitulum. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – side view of flowering and fruting capitulum and achenes. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – fruiting capitulum. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – achenes. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – achenes. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – upper leaf. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – lower leaves crowded in false rosette. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – lower leaves crowded in false rosette. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – lower leaves crowded in false rosette. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – adaxial side of the false rosette leaves. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – adaxial side of the false rosette leaves. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – abaxial side of the false rosette leaves. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – petioles and median nerve with villous hairs. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – lower part of stem. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – lower part of stem. Kochani: Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Scaled images ande close-ups. Specimens from Kochani– Lake Gradche, collected 11.10.2025.

Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Kochani – Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – habit (scale in cm) and capitulum (scale in mm). Specimen from Kochani – Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – indumentum of involucre and peduncle. Specimen from Kochani – Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum – close-up of indumentum. A: adaxial side of upper cauline leaf. B: abaxial side of upper cauline leaf. C, D and E: adaxial side of leaf of the false rosette. F: abaxial side of leaf of the false rosette and median nerve with villous hairs. G: petiole with villous hairs. H: upper part of stem. I: middle part of stem. J and K: lower part of stem. Specimen from Kochani – Lake Gradche, 11.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Gajić, M. 1975. Rod Hieracium L. In Josifović, M. (ed.), Flora SR Srbije, VII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 336-465.

Hayek A. 1928–1931. Hieracium L., Prodromus florae peninsulae Balcanicae, 2. Band: Dicotyledoneae Sympetalae. — Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2), pp. 864–1049. [1–96 (1928), 97–336 (1929), 337–576 (1930), 577–1152 (1931)].

Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f0783533-1ff8-4cec-9551-ec674e164a8e [Accessed 12.08.2026].

Hieracium racemosum subsp. moesiacum A.Kern. ex Zahn. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77253976-1 [Accessed 13.08.2026].

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.

Stoyanov K., Raycheva Ts. & Cheschmedzhiev I. 2021. Key to the native and foreign vascular plants in Bulgaria. Agricultural University Plovdiv Academic Press (in Bulgarian).