Green crepis

Crepis capillaris

Family: Asteraceae Genus: Crepis Species: capillaris

Synonyms: Crepis sagittata, Crepis diffusa, Crepis neglecta, Crepis virens subvar. humilis, Crepis parviflora, Crepis capillaris f. integra, Crepis polymorpha var. stricta, Crepis lusitanica, Crepis virens var. stricta, Hieracium pulchrum, Crepis nemorum, Crepis virens subsp. agrestis, Hieracium virens, Crepis polymorpha var. pinnatifida, Crepis pulchra, Crepis variabilis, Malacothrix crepoides, Crepis polymorpha var. virens, Crepis longe-pinnatifida, Crepis cooperi, Crepis virens subsp. capillaris, Crepis virens var. elatior, Crepis corymbosa var. baetica, Crepis bauhiniana, Crepis capillaris f. bischoffii, Crepis gaditana, Crepis dioscoridis, Berinia stricta, Crepis candollei, Crepis virens var. diffusa, Lapsana capillaris, Crepis virens var. uniflora, Crepis virens, Crepis polymorpha var. diffusa, Crepis capillaris subsp. arvensis, Crepis linifolia, Crepis leiosperma, Crepis virens var. linifolia, Crepis pinnatifida, Crepis uniflora, Crepis virens subvar. uniflora, Crepis lanceolata, Crepis tectorum, Crepis polymorpha, Crepis umbellata

Green crepis (en)

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Botanical Description

Crepis capillaris, the smooth hawk's-beard, is a slender annual or biennial herb of the daisy family, 15 to 90 cm tall, with a basal rosette and a branched, often reddish, more or less smooth stem. The basal leaves are lance-shaped and deeply pinnately lobed or toothed, narrowing to a winged stalk, while the smaller stem leaves clasp the stem with pointed, arrow-shaped bases. The inflorescence is a loose, branched cluster of numerous small, dandelion-like flower heads, each composed entirely of bright yellow strap-shaped ray florets, the outer ones sometimes reddish beneath. The involucral bracts are downy and glandular. The fruit is a small ribbed achene bearing a tuft of soft white hairs. Native to Europe and naturalized widely, smooth hawk's-beard is a common weed of grassland, lawns, roadsides, waste ground, and other open habitats.

Native Region: Albania, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

8767

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