Crepis vesicaria
Crepis vesicaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Genus: | Crepis |
Species: | C. vesicaria |
Binomial name | |
Crepis vesicaria L. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Synonymy
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Crepis vesicaria is a European species of flowering plant in the daisy family with the common name beaked hawk's-beard.[2][3] It is native to the eastern and southern Europe from Ireland and Portugal east as far as Germany, Austria, and Greece.[3] It become naturalized in scattered locations in North America.[3][4]
Crepis vesicaria is an annual, biennial, or perennial herb up to 120 cm (48 inches or 4 feet) tall, producing a large underground caudex. Each plant can have as many as 20 flower heads, each with up to 70 ray florets but no disc florets. It grows on hillsides and in sandy clearings.[5]
- Subspecies[1]
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. andryaloides (Lowe) Babc.
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. bivonana (Soldano & F.Conti) Giardina & Raimondo
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. hyemalis (Biv.) Babc.
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. myriocephala (Batt.) Babc.
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. stellata (Ball) Babc.
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell.
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. vesicaria
References
- 1 2 The Plant List, Crepis vesicaria L.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- 1 2 3 Altervista Flora Italiana, Radicchiella rosea, Beaked hawksbeard, Löwenzahn-Pippau, blåsfibbla, Crepis vesicaria L. includes photos and European distribution map
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America, Beaked hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 805. 1753.
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