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Rough hawksbeard

Crepis biennis

Also called Rough Hawk's Beard

Rough hawksbeard
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0

Rough hawksbeard (Crepis biennis) is a European daisy-family herb, growing up to about 120 cm tall, with yellow dandelion-like flower heads. It is grown as a wildflower or in meadows; it is easy to establish from seed in open, sunny sites.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during establishment, then rely on rainfall; it tolerates dry spells once rooted.
Soil
Ordinary, well-drained soil; tolerates poor or chalky ground.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates cold winters, USDA zones roughly 4 to 8.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Crepis biennis is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with the common name rough hawksbeard. It is native to Europe and Asia Minor, as well as being sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the northeastern United States and on the island of Newfoundland in eastern Canada.

Other Crepis plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crepis biennis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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