Hieracium murorum L.

Stolons 0. Stem erect, ± stout, 20-50 cm tall, with sparse to numerous simple eglandular hairs below, giving way to sparse to numerous stellate and sparse glandular hairs above. Lvs mostly basal, dull dark green, oblong to ovate or lanceolate, acute, truncate at base, coarsely toothed especially at base; teeth apiculate, the basal pair spreading to reflexed; hairs rough, simple, eglandular, sparse beneath, numerous above, dense and shaggy on petiole. Rosette lvs petiolate; lamina 4-12 × 2-5 cm, green or purplish beneath; stem lvs 1-(2), similar to basal, but shorter and more coarsely toothed, shortly petiolate. Capitula 5-15. Peduncles curved, with dense stellate and numerous glandular hairs. Involucre 10-12 mm long; bracts narrowly triangular to acuminate, with numerous dark glandular hairs and sparse to numerous stellate hairs especially on margins. Florets bright yellow, not striped on outer face, c. 2× length of involucre. Achenes black, c. 3 × 0.5 mm. Pappus sordid, c. 6 mm long.

Recorded growing in sandy humus and ‘taubenite’ shale (coal-like) at Katoomba in an area previously planted with Pinus radiata and in red-brown clay loam derived from basalt at Mount Irvine in a lawn and garden area. Most likely to naturalise in cooler tableland areas in New South Wales.