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Hieracium stewartii (F.Hanb) Roffey

hawkweed

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Hieracium stewartii

Description: This is a very local species of rocky mountain streamsides and is currently only known from the Upper Bann below the Spelga Dam, where it grows on granite outcrops.

All names: Hieracium stewartii (F.Hanb) Roffey; Hieracium friesii var. stewartii F.Hanb; Hieracium ardaricum Pugsley; Hieracium backhouseanum auct, non (Zahn) Roffey; Hieracium donegalense Pugsley; Hieracium hartianum Pugsley; Hieracium longiciliatum (F.Hanb) Roffey

Distribution Map from NBN: Hieracium stewartii at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Hieracium stewartii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Hieracium stewartii. (F.Hanb) Roffey. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=14823. Accessed on 2026-11-02.