Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles

Hieracium sect. Hieracium L.

hawkweeds (Asteraceae / Compositae)

SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
Very widespreadNegligible tendencyNE

Comprising:
  • Hieracium adelphicum P. D. Sell – Glamorganshire hawkweed
  • Hieracium aggregatum Backh. f. – aggregate-headed hawkweed
  • Hieracium anguinum (W. R. Linton) Roffey – snake-headed hawkweed
  • Hieracium armadalense P. D. Sell – Armadale hawkweed
  • Hieracium asteridiophyllum P. D. Sell & C. West – star-haired hawkweed
  • Hieracium aterrimum Hyl. – patent-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium auratiflorum Pugsley – dark-flowered hawkweed
  • Hieracium baliophyllum Dahlst. ex Hyl. – Oxford hawkweed
  • Hieracium benhopense McCosh – Ben Hope hawkweed
  • Hieracium boreoanglicum P. D. Sell – North England hawkweed
  • Hieracium breadalbanense F. Hanb. – Breadalbane hawkweed
  • Hieracium caesiomurorum Lindeb. – long-stalked hawkweed
  • Hieracium caesitium Norrl. – Ribbleshead hawkweed
  • Hieracium cambrense McCosh – Cambrian hawkweed
  • Hieracium camptopetalum (F. Hanb.) P. D. Sell & C. West – short-flowered hawkweed
  • Hieracium candelabrae W. R. Linton – candelabra hawkweed
  • Hieracium cardiophyllum Jord. ex Sudre – heart-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium cinderella (Ley) Ley – long-bracted hawkweed
  • Hieracium clivicola (F. Hanb.) Pugsley – hill hawkweed
  • Hieracium crebridens F. N. Williams – Chapel-le-Dale hawkweed
  • Hieracium crebridentiforme Pugsley – close-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium cuneifrons (Ley ex W. R. Linton) Pugsley – wedge-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium cymbifolium Purchas – boat-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium dipteroides Dahlst. – Aberfeldy hawkweed
  • Hieracium discophyllum P. D. Sell & C. West – disc-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium dowardense P. D. Sell – Doward hawkweed
  • Hieracium duriceps F. Hanb. – hard-headed hawkweed
  • Hieracium elevatum P. D. Sell – Taf Fechan hawkweed
  • Hieracium elongatifolium P. D. Sell – elongate-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium exotericum Jord. ex Boreau – Jordan’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium firmiramum Hyl. – dense-branched hawkweed
  • Hieracium gentile Jord. ex Boreau – foreign hawkweed
  • Hieracium glevense (Pugsley) P. D. Sell & C. West – Gloucester hawkweed
  • Hieracium gougetianum Gren. & Godr. – Gouget’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium grandidens Dahlst. – grand-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium grisedalense McCosh – trackway hawkweed
  • Hieracium hjeltii Norrl. ex Saelan, Nyl. & F. Nyl. – Hjelt’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium hortense Hyl. – garden hawkweed
  • Hieracium inspissatum P. D. Sell – crass-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium irregularidens P. D. Sell – blunt-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium itunense Pugsley – Barras hawkweed
  • Hieracium kentii P. D. Sell – Kent’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium koehleri Dahlst. – Koehler’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium liljeholmii Dahlst. – Liljeholm’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium lintonii Ley – Linton’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium maculoides P. D. Sell & C. West – small-spotted hawkweed
  • Hieracium mariae P. D. Sell – McCallum Webster’s hawkweed
  • Hieracium medium Jord. – Tavistock hawkweed
  • Hieracium micracladium (F. N. Williams) Ley – small-headed hawkweed
  • Hieracium microspilum (Jord. ex Sudre) A. W. Hill – minute-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium monstrosum Hyl. – nipple-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium mucronellum P. D. Sell & C. West – fleck-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium neocoracinum Pugsley – Craig Gleisiad hawkweed
  • Hieracium neosparsum (Zahn) P. D. Sell – bank hawkweed
  • Hieracium oblongum Jord. – weedy hawkweed
  • Hieracium oistophyllum Pugsley – sagittate-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium onychodontum Hyl. – giant-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium orcadense W. R. Linton – Orkney hawkweed
  • Hieracium orithales E. F. Linton – short-stemmed hawkweed
  • Hieracium pachyphylloides (Zahn) Roffey – Carboniferous hawkweed
  • Hieracium patale Norrl. – Dartmoor hawkweed
  • Hieracium pauculidens P. D. Sell & C. West – Skerray hawkweed
  • Hieracium pellucidum Laest. – pellucid-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium pictorum E. F. Linton – Picts hawkweed
  • Hieracium piligerum (Pugsley) P. D. Sell & C. West – brindled hawkweed
  • Hieracium pollinarioides Pugsley – calcareous hawkweed
  • Hieracium pollinarium F. Hanb. – Naver hawkweed
  • Hieracium protentum P. D. Sell – Meall Garbh hawkweed
  • Hieracium pruinale (Zahn) P. D. Sell & C. West – pruinose hawkweed
  • Hieracium pseudintegratum McCosh – toothless hawkweed
  • Hieracium pseudosarcophyllum Pugsley – Dumfries hawkweed
  • Hieracium pseudosevericeps McCosh – strict-headed hawkweed
  • Hieracium quadridentatum Hyl. – four-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium rivale F. Hanb. – Burnside hawkweed
  • Hieracium ronasii P. D. Sell – Ronas Voe hawkweed
  • Hieracium sanguineum (Ley) W. R. Linton – bloody hawkweed
  • Hieracium scotostictum Hyl. – dappled hawkweed
  • Hieracium seriflorum Hyl. – gigantic-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium silvaticoides Pugsley – wood hawkweed
  • Hieracium sinuolatum P. D. Sell – sinuate-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium snowdoniense P. D. Sell & C. West – Snowdonia hawkweed
  • Hieracium subaequialtum Hyl. – black-bracted hawkweed
  • Hieracium subhirtum (F. Hanb.) Pugsley – hairy-headed hawkweed
  • Hieracium sublepistoides (Zahn) Druce – grey-bracted hawkweed
  • Hieracium subprasinifolium Pugsley – leek-coloured hawkweed
  • Hieracium subtenue (W. R. Linton) Roffey – dark-bracted hawkweed
  • Hieracium sylvivagum Jord. ex Boreau – wandering hawkweed
  • Hieracium sylvularum Jord. ex Boreau – ample-toothed hawkweed
  • Hieracium triangularifolium P. D. Sell – triangular-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium uistense (Pugsley) P. D. Sell & C. West – island hawkweed
  • Hieracium uisticola Pugsley – Uist hawkweed
  • Hieracium variifolium P. D. Sell & C. West – various-leaved hawkweed
  • Hieracium zygophorum Hyl. – Suffolk hawkweed

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