Asteraceae

Hieracium

Hieracium triste Willd. ex Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 640 (1826)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Russian Far East, Subarctic America to W. & W. Central U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
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Other data

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kamchatka, Kuril Is., Montana, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon

Homotypic Synonyms

Chlorocrepis tristis (Spreng.) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 518 (1976)
Pilosella tristis (Willd. ex Spreng.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. in Flora 45: 439 (1862)
Stenotheca tristis (Willd. ex Spreng.) Schljakov in Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 10: 387 (1987)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Chlorocrepis tristis subsp. gracilis (Hook.) W.A.Weber in Phytologia 51: 371 (1982)
Hieracium gracile Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 1: 298 (1833)
Hieracium gracile var. alaskanum Zahn in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 280: 1133 (1922)
Hieracium gracile var. densifloccum (Zahn) Cronquist in Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 280 (1946)
Hieracium gracile subvar. densifloccum Zahn in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 280: 1133 (1922)
Hieracium gracile var. detonsum A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 427 (1884)
Hieracium gracile var. yukonense A.E.Porsild in Canad. Field-Naturalist 64: 45 (1950)
Hieracium hookeri Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 763 (1840)
Hieracium triste var. dentatum Froel. ex DC. in Prodr. 7: 209 (1838)
Hieracium triste var. detonsum A.Gray in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 1: 441 (1876)
Hieracium triste var. fulvum Hultén in Acta Univ. Lund., 2. 46(1): 1670 (1950)
Hieracium triste var. gracile (Hook.) A.Gray in Bot. California 1: 441 (1876)
Hieracium triste subsp. gracile (Hook.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor in Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1399 (1965)
Hieracium triste var. tristiforme Zahn in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 280: 1135 (1922)
Hieracium vestitum Fisch. ex Herder in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 43(I): 204 (1870), not validly publ.
Pilosella gracilis (Hook.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. in Flora 45: 439 (1862)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Asterales

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Family
Asteraceae

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Genus
Hieracium

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Species
Hieracium triste

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An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Pilosella tristis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
	Eyerdam, W.J. [31] United States		K002693647		No
	Macoun, J.M. [80] Canada		K002693648		No
	Eyerdam, W.J. [384a] United States		K002693661		No
	Neczaeva, T.; Probatova, N. [s.n.]		K002693000		No
	Eyerdam, W.J. [384a] United States		K002693657		No
	Frederick[ Function] [107] United States		K002693649		No
	Cooley, G.E. [s.n.] United States		K002693654		No
	Sitcha [s.n.]		K002693001		No
	Looff, E.H.; Looff, H.B. [132] United States		K002693652		No
	[kow aschatha]; Rieder [s.n.]		K002693002		No
	Kharkevich, S.; Kozhevnikov, A. [838]		K002692999		No
	{Brummitt, R.K.; Firsove.G} [20799] Russia		K002693004		No
	Norberg, I.L. [370] United States		K002693660		No
	Kharkevich, S.; Buch, T. [s.n.] Russia		K002693006		No
	Gorman, M.W. [160] United States		K002693655		No
	Komarov, V.L. [s.n.] Russia		K002693003		No
	Van Dyke, E.C. [251] United States		K002693650		No
	Jones, M.E.; A.M. [s.n.] United States		K002693656		No
	Eyerdam, W.J. [5230] United States		K002693658		No
	{G. N. Culbertson = J. D. Culbertson} [1949] United States		K002693651		No
	Schaack, G. [709] United States		K002693659		No
	Neczaeva, T.; Probatova, N. [s.n.]		K002692998		No
	Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O.; Taylor, R.L. [23052] Canada		K002693646		No
	{Brummitt, R.K.; Firsov.G} [20799] Russia		K002693005		No
	s.coll. [s.n.]	Hieracium gracile var. detonsum	K000796816	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Hooker, J.D.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile var. detonsum	K000796819	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Burke [s.n.] Canada	Hieracium gracile var. detonsum	K000796818	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Bryce, J. [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile var. detonsum	K000796817	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Nov 1, 1975	Drummond, T. [s.n.]	Hieracium gracile	K000796821	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Sandberg, J.H.; Leiberg, J.B. [716] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693637		No
	Rydberg, P.A.; Bessey, E.A. [5313] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693629		No
	Thompson, J.W. [3425] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693632		No
	Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693634		No
	Vreeland, F.K. [1071] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693627		No
	Thompson, J.W. [5680] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693638		No
	Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O. [11011] Canada	Hieracium gracile	K002693615		No
	Nelson, A.; Nelson, E. [6321] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693644		No
	Dobie [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693640		No
	McKelvey, S.D. [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693628		No
	J. H. [Mandberg]; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [[599]] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693620		No
	Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693636		No
	Alexander, A.M.; Kellogg, L. [5837] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693622		No
	Nelson, A. [7895] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693645		No
	Allen, O.D. [286] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693641		No
	Nelson, A.; Nelson, E. [6321] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693643		No
	Mason, H.L. [707] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693621		No
	Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693635		No
	Thompson, J.W. [3271] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693630		No
	Leiberg, J.B. [1199] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693625		No
	Macoun (Prof.) [823] Canada	Hieracium gracile	K002693613		No
	Thompson, J.W. [5113] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693633		No
	Hall, H.M.; Chandler, H.P. [599] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693619		No
	Thompson, J.W. [17206] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693642		No
	Shaw, C.H. [1006] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693614		No
	Moir, T.R.G. [332] Colombia	Hieracium gracile	K002693612		No
	Hall, E.; Harbour, J.P. [349] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693610		No
	Went, F.W. [s.n.] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693618		No
	Macoun [s.n.] Canada	Hieracium gracile	K002693611		No
	Alexander, A.M.; Kellogg, L. [5896] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693623		No
	Thompson, J.W. [7315] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693639		No
	Shaw, C.H. [891] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693617		No
	Sandrero, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [[835]] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693624		No
	Macoun, J.M. [26.512] Canada	Hieracium gracile	K002693616		No
	Thompson, J.W. [132] United States	Hieracium gracile	K002693631		No
	Baldwin, W.K.W.; Breitung, A.J. [2895] Canada	Hieracium triste var. tristiforme	K002693666		No
	{Fernald, M.L.; Harold St. John} [8284] Canada	Hieracium triste var. tristiforme	K002693665		No
	Hultén, E. [8255] United States	Hieracium triste var. tristiforme	K002693663		No
	Eyerdam, W.J. [3508] United States	Hieracium triste var. tristiforme	K002693662		No

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Hieracium triste Willd. ex Spreng.

Distribution

Native to:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Hieracium triste Willd. ex Spreng.

Distribution

Native to:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (68 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index