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Crepis incana

Crepis incana, the pink dandelion, is a rosette-forming perennial from southern Greece, grown for its bright pink, dandelion-like flowers in late summer. It is easy to grow in a sunny, well-drained spot.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then only in long dry spells; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Free-draining, average to poor soil; tolerates lean, gritty conditions.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; tolerates cool summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Greece
Climate
temperate

About

Crepis incana, the pink dandelion, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crepis of the family Asteraceae, native to southern Greece. It is a rosette-forming herbaceous perennial growing to 30 cm (12 in) tall and wide. Superficially similar to the true dandelion (Taraxacum), it produces bright pink flower heads in late summer.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crepis incana 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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