Crepis conyzifolia

Crepis conyzifolia, commonly called hawk's-beard, is a herbaceous perennial in the Asteraceae family typically reaching 20-60 cm in height. The plant produces a basal rosette of obovate to oblanceolate, irregularly toothed or sinuate-dentate, somewhat hairy leaves up to 15-20 cm long, from which arise one to several erect, branched, leafy flowering stems clothed with shorter stem leaves. From July to September it bears terminal loose corymbose inflorescences of medium-sized golden-yellow flower heads about 3 cm across, each composed entirely of ligulate (ray) florets that produce tufted wind-dispersed pappus-bearing achenes characteristic of the genus Crepis. The species is native to the subalpine and alpine meadows of central and southern European mountains including the Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, and Balkans, where it grows on stony grasslands, pastures, and open slopes on calcareous and siliceous substrates between approximately 1,200 and 2,400 m elevation.