- Taxon
- Weed
- ≡ Hieracium praealtum Gochnat (1808)
- ≡ Pilosella praealta (Gochnat) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. (1862)
- ≡ Hieracium florentinum subsp. praealtum (Gochnat) Nägeli & Peter (1885)
- ≡ Hieracium piloselloides subsp. praealta (Gochnat) Zahn (1929)
Stolons ± slender, with few to numerous long simple eglandular hairs. Rosette lvs glaucous, narrowly oblanceolate, rarely broadly oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, sessile or with a narrowly winged petiole, entire or very obscurely dentate, (1.5)–5–12–(20) × (0.5)–1–1.5–(3) cm, obtuse to acute, cuneate at base, with scattered coarse simple hairs 2–4 mm long above, at least near the margins, or rarely glabrous above, and coarse simple hairs 2–5 mm long confined to midrib and margins beneath; stellate hairs 0 or rarely a few on midrib beneath. Stem lvs 0–2, small. Flowering stems erect, (10)–15–45 cm tall, with sparse spreading simple eglandular hairs throughout, sparse to dense stellate hairs above, and sparse to numerous glandular hairs above. Peduncles 0.5–2 cm long at flowering. Capitula (5)–10–25–(35) per stem; involucre 6–8 mm long; bracts with few to numerous simple eglandular hairs, numerous glandular hairs and sparse to numerous stellate hairs. Florets yellow, usually without a red stripe on the outer face, 1.5–2× length of involucre. Achenes dark, c. 2 × 0.5 mm. Pappus sordid, 4–8 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Hieracium praealtum Gochnat]