Crepis pannonica

Crepis pannonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Crepis
Species: C. pannonica
Binomial name
Crepis pannonica
(Jacq.) K. Koch
Synonyms[1]

Crepis pannonica (pasture hawksbeard)[2] is a European species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is native to eastern Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, etc.) and the Caucasus, as well as being sparingly naturalized in the State of Connecticut in the northeastern United States.[3][4]

Crepis pannonica is a perennial herb up to 130 cm (52 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 8 flower heads, each with as many as 90 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.[5]


References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Crepis pannonica (Jacq.) K.Koch
  2. ↑ "Crepis pannonica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Somlyay, L. 2010. Distribution of Crepis pannonica in Hungary. Acta Botanica Hungarica 41:113-128 includes of Hungarian distribution map plus mention of occurrences in other countries
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Crepis pannonica (Jacquin) K. Koch, Linnaea. 23: 689. 1851.

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