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Tapertip hawksbeard

Crepis acuminata

Also called Long Leaved Hawksbeard, Longleaf Hawk's Beard, Mountain Hawk's Beard, Taper Tip Hawk's Beard, Taper Tip Hawksbeard

Tapertip hawksbeard
Photo: Wallace Keck, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
W. & C. U.S.A.

About

Crepis acuminata is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name tapertip hawksbeard. It is native to the western United States where it grows in many types of open habitat.

Where it grows

It is native from eastern Washington and eastern California to central Montana, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. It can be found in dry and open areas in sagebrush habitats and coniferous forests.

Other Crepis plants

Slender hawksbeard · Crepis auriculifolia · Baker's hawksbeard · Bearded Hawk's Beard · Rough hawksbeard · Italian hawksbeard · Smooth hawksbeard · Crepis czerepanovii · Stinking hawksbeard · Crepis incana · Limestone hawksbeard · Modoc hawksbeard

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crepis acuminata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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