Hieracium ramosum

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 University Press : 378-379

76. H. ramosum group ( H. caesium / laevigatum ). Stems 40-80 cm, with scattered stellate and few to numerous simple eglandular hairs. Leaves with numerous simple eglandular hairs or subglabrous above, sometimes with stellate hairs beneath; basal few or absent, 25-90 x 12-30 mm, elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse to acute, denticulate to deeply dentate, petiolate; cauline 4—15(— 18), the lower like the basal, petiolate, the upper smaller, lanceolate or ovate, sessile. Capitula 3-15; peduncles with numerous stellate and sometimes a few simple eglandular hairs. Involucre (8-)10-12 x 8-10 mm; bracts obtuse or subacute, with few to numerous stellate hairs, few to numerous simple eglandular and sometimes a few glandular hairs. Stigmas yellow or discoloured. Ligules glabrous. In = 27. • E.C. Europe; Fennoscandia. Au Cz Da Fe He Hu No Rm Su.

Included species:

H. ramosum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. , Sp. Pl. 3: 1579 (1803). AuCzHuRm.