Hieracium umbellatum Linnaeus. Common name: Northern Hawkweed. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Rocky areas, open or forested areas. Distribution: Circumboreal, south in North America to PA, WV (Spruce Knob), IN, MO, CO, and OR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Cronquist (1991) commented that the American plants in this complex should "possibly be recognized as a distinct var., but the nomenclature is recondite".
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA19, Il, K4, Pa, POWO; > Hieracium canadense Michx.; > Hieracium canadense Michx. var. canadense — F; > Hieracium canadense Michx. var. fasciculatum (Pursh) Fernald — F, G, GrPl, Oh3; > Hieracium canadense Michx. var. hirtirameum Fernald — F, G; > Hieracium kalmii L. — Mi, NE, NY; > Hieracium kalmii L. var. fasciculatum (Pursh) Lepage — C; > Hieracium kalmii L. var. kalmii — C; > Hieracium umbellatum L. — C, F, Mi, NE. Basionym: Hieracium umbellatum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Hieracium umbellatum - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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