Picris hieracioides var. alpina Koidzumi; P. hieracioides subsp. kamtschatica (Ledebour) Hultén

Biennials or perennials. Leaf blades 50–150(–300) × 10–25(–50+) mm. Involucres 8–15 × 10–16+ mm, larger in fruit. Phyllaries proximally ± flat, not each enfolding its subtended floret, usually bristly and/or tomentulose abaxially. Cypselae 3–4(–6) mm; pappi 5–7 mm. 2n = 10.

Flowering Jul–Oct. Disturbed sites; 0–50(–100+) m; introduced; Ont.; Alaska, Conn., Ill., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash.; Europe, Asia; also introduced, Africa, Australia.

In Alaska, Picris hieracioides is known only from the Aleutian Islands, where it may be native. This species is evidently no longer present in British Columbia.