Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Hieracium// Species: Hieracium sparsum Friv.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Central Europe, Italy, Balkan Peninsula to Caucasus and Turkey according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+).

Habitat:  Among woods in the belt of European beech forests.

Flowering period: Summer (JUL, AUG).

Hieracium sparsum -habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium sparsum - capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium sparsum - capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium sparsum - capitulum. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium sparsum - involucre. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium sparsum - basal and lower cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hieracium sparsum - basal and lower cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Hieracium%20sparsum&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 29.07.2021].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.