Pilosella schultesii (F. W. Schultz) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip. (syn. Hieracium x schultesii F. W. Schultz)

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.

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.

Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.

Pilosella schultesii – habit. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – habit. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – habit. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – capitula. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – capitula. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – capitula with involucral bracts. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – capitula with involucral bracts. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – basal leaves. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – abaxial side of leaf with stellate hairs. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – stolons. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – stolons. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella schultesii – stolon. Osogovo, region north of Ponikva, 19.06.2022. 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 (F.W.Schultz) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. ex H.P.Fuchs. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:238297-1 [Accessed 11.08.2022].

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.

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