''Hieracium villosum'', the shaggy hawkweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

Description

''Hieracium villosum'' can reach a height of . This plant forms dense basal rosettes of silver-grey, simple, oblong to lanceolate, woolly leaves, about long. The many-stellate flowers are bright yellow, large, on white-hairy stems. They bloom from July to August.

Distribution

This species is native to France, Italy, Central Europe, the Balkan Peninsula, Romania and Russia.

Habitat

''Hieracium villosum'' can be found in mountain areas in calcareous stony and grassy places, at elevation of above sea level..

References

*Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003
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