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Turkish hawksbeard

Crepis nicaeensis

Also called French Hawk's Beard, French Hawksbeard

Turkish hawksbeard
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
S. Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Crepis nicaeensis is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with the common names French hawk's-beard and Turkish hawksbeard. It is widespread across much of Europe, as well as being sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the United States and Canada.

Crepis nicaeensis is an annual or biennial herb up to 110 cm (44 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 15 flower heads, each with as many as 60 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.

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 nicaeensis 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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