Hieracium scabrum var. intonsum Fernald & H. St. John; H. scabrum var. leucocaule Fernald & H. St. John; H. scabrum var. tonsum Fernald & H. St. John

Plants (15–)30–60+ cm. Stems proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1.5–5+ mm), sometimes stellate-pubescent as well, distally stellate-pubescent, sometimes stipitate-glandular, rarely piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm). Leaves: basal 0(–3), cauline 6–24+; blades elliptic or oblanceolate to spatulate or lanceolate, (20–)35–80(–120+) × (10–)20–35(–50+) mm, lengths 2–6+ times widths, bases cuneate to rounded-truncate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices rounded to obtuse, faces hirtellous to piloso-hirsute (hairs 0.5–1+ mm). Heads (5–)10–25(–50+) in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays. Peduncles stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular (hairs 0.3–0.6+ mm). Calyculi: bractlets 12–15+. Involucres campanulate, 7–9 mm. Phyllaries 13–21+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces stellate-pubescent and stipitate-glandular, rarely, if ever, piloso-hirsute. Florets (30–)40–60+; corollas yellow, 9–11 mm. Cypselae columnar, 2.5–3 mm; pappi of 30–40+, stramineous bristles in ± 2 series, 6–7 mm.

Flowering Jul–Sep. Sandy soils, open, disturbed sites (fields, stream sides), wooded sites; 10–300+ m; N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que.; Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.