Common name: Mouse-ear Hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum Vaill. APNI* Synonyms: Hieracium pilosella L. APNI*
Distribution and occurrence: In the alps in southern tablelands of New South Wales. Aggressive weed with potential to overtake herbfields.
NSW subdivisions: *ST
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas.
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Pilosella officinarum is highly variable over its range, with over 100 subspecies described. It has been suggested that this variation is a consequence of apomixis, polyploidy and hybridisation. Only subsp. officinarum is recorded in NSW, see that record for description.
Text by K.L. Gibbons Sept. 2019
Taxon concept: VICFLORA Flora of Victoria. Sept. 2019
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