HIERACIUM HELDREICHII

Family:- COMPOSITAE

Common Names:- None

Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Hieracium (L) Hawkweed-like

Heldreichii (L) After Theodor Heinrich Hermann von Heldreich (1822-

1902). Director of the Athens Botanical Garden.

General description:- Perennial with a short rhizome.

Stem:-

1) 5-20 cm, simple or sparingly branched. with short, stellate and long, simple

hairs.

Leaves:-

1) Almost all basal, broadly oblanceolate, rather sparsely pilose with long, simple

hairs on both sides.

2) Cauline, few, bract-like.

Flowers:-

1) Ligules bright lemon yellow, glabrous.

2) Phyllaries, c. l2 mm, narrowly lanceolate, pilose with long, white or pale

brownish hairs.

Fruit:-

1) Achenes straw-coloured to pale brown.

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Habitat:- Rocky slopes, karstic hollows, open woodland, 500-I900 m, on various

substrates.

Distribution:- Scaltered on Pelopolmisos and mainland Greece, probably more

widespread than indicated by lhe records. - Balkan Peninsula. On Crete recorded

only from the Lefka Ori

Flowering time:- Mid-June to August, occasionally later.

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