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Slender hawksbeard

Crepis atribarba

Also called Dark Hawk's Beard, Dark Hawksbeard, Slender Hawk's Beard

Slender hawksbeard
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. & C. Canada to W. & WC. U.S.A.

About

Crepis atribarba is a North American species of a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names slender hawksbeard and dark hawksbeard. It is native to western Canada and the western United States. It has been found in British Columbia, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Saskatchewan, and Nebraska.

Crepis atribarba grows in many types of mountain and plateau habitat. It is a perennial herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall, with a slender taproot and 1 or 2 slender stems. One plant can produce as many as 30 small flower heads, each with 6–35 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.

Other Crepis plants

Tapertip 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 atribarba 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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