Hieracium snowdoniense
Hieracium snowdoniense, the Snowdonia hawkweed, is a plant endemic to Snowdonia, North Wales. It is a perennial, with bright yellow inflorescences.
| Hieracium snowdoniense | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Genus: | Hieracium |
| Species: | H. snowdoniense |
| Binomial name | |
| Hieracium snowdoniense | |
It was believed to have become extinct in the early 1950s as a result of overgrazing. In 2002, three plants of the species were re-discovered on steep slopes in the Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve above Bethesda. In 2021 it appeared that the population had doubled to six plants, but they were in an extremely inaccessible place, making it impossible to confirm that all six were in fact Hieracium snowdoniense.[2]
References
- "Hieracium snowdoniense". IPNI.
- "Snowdonia Hawkweed: 'One of most threatened in the world'". BBC News. 28 August 2021.
External links
- "Hieracium snowdoniense". ARKive. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- "Plant thought extinct found on mountain". The Western Mail. 6 August 2002. Archived from the original on 4 December 2005.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Stephen Moss (8 June 2006). "The creatures that came back from the dead". The Guardian.
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