Hieracium cerinthiforme, F. Hanb., Clasping-leaved Hawkweed

Account Summary

An anonymous but dated voucher in BEL that previously was regarded as probably another of Stewart's many H. anglicum Fr. specimens was examined by D. McCosh in 2008. He found it to be a mixed gathering of H. cerinthiforme and H. anglicum (Accession Number H2594a/b). This microspecies is in the same Section Cerinthoidea Monnier as H. anglicum, H. ampliatum and H. iricum, all of which are believed to occur in Fermanagh (Sell & Murell 2006). There can be no doubt whatsoever about the collector's identity, since there are so many other Hieracium vouchers with very similar dates with Stewart's name from this VC in BEL.

H. cerinthiforme is described by Sell & Murrell (2006, p. 315) as a plant of "Cliff ledges and slopes and by streams, at altitudes from sea level up to at least 700 m.". Endemic to B & I, the distribution is summarised as being common in C & N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, apparently scarce in the western isles, and with a few records in Westmorland (VC 69). It is also described as being scattered over much of Ireland (Sell & Murrell 2006, pp. 314-5). It does not appear to be mapped in the 'Critical Atlas' (Perring & Sell 1968), nor is it listed in the 1987 Cen Cat Fl Ir 2. Irish plants of this microspecies are said to be most like northern Scottish plants (Sell & Murrell 2006).

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