Genus Hieracium (Noun)
Meaning
Large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Hieracium is a large and complex genus that is widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.
- Many species of the genus Hieracium are polyploids and their origins are unclear due to their apomictic nature.
- Genus Hieracium plants can produce stolons, with leaf rosettes arising from these and a terminal flowering stem.
- Pilosella has often been included in the genus Hieracium as a section but many sources consider them as distinct.
- Taxonomists struggle with defining distinct species within the genus Hieracium due to high levels of variability and hybridization.