Resumen de Hieracia Balcanica III: a new species in Hieracium sect. Cernua (Asteraceae) from Bulgaria
Hieracium werneri Szel¹g, sp. nov. from the Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria is described and illustrated. This has previously been confused with H. grisebachii A. Kern., which also has naked involucres and semi-amplexicaul cauline leaves. The new species is triploid (2n = 27) and reproduces apomictically.
Its distribution, ecology and a morphological relationships to the most closely species in H. sect. Cernua are given.
