Hieracium virosum explained

Hieracium virosum is a species of flowering plant in the hawkweed genus Hieracium (family Asteraceae). It is native to non-arid temperate areas of Eurasia, from southeastern and eastern Europe, Central Asia, across Siberia, Mongolia, northern China, and as far as Sakhalin island.^[1] A perennial of the steppes and forest-steppes, it is not apomictic.^[2]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:

• Hieracium virosum subsp. foliosum – the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine
• Hieracium virosum subsp. virosum – entire range, except Bulgaria

Notes and References

1. 224727-1 . Hieracium virosum Pall. . 16 April 2023 .
2. Sennikov . Alexander Nikolaevich . Kazakova . Marina . 2 June 2015 . Additions and amendments in the genus Hieracium L. (Asteraceae) of the Ryazan and Vladimir Regions of European Russia . Skvortsovia . 2 . 2 . 98–111 . 10138/157815 .