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Modoc hawksbeard

Crepis modocensis

Also called Low Hawksbeard, Modoc Hawk's Beard, Siskiyou Hawk's Beard, Siskiyou Hawksbeard

Modoc hawksbeard
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
W. Canada to W. U.S.A.

About

Crepis modocensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Modoc hawksbeard.

It is native to western North America (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado), where it grows in several types of mountain and plateau habitat, including sagebrush. It typically prefers rocky soil.

Other Crepis plants

Tapertip hawksbeard · 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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crepis modocensis 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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