Crepis pleurocarpa

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Crepis pleurocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Crepis
Species:
C. pleurocarpa
Binomial name
Crepis pleurocarpa
Synonyms [1]
  • Psilochenia pleurocarpa(A.Gray) W.A.Weber

Crepis pleurocarpa is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name nakedstem hawksbeard. It is native to the western United States (Washington, Oregon, northern California and western Nevada. [2] [3]

Crepis pleurocarpa grows in dry, wooded or open habitat, sometimes on serpentine soils. It is a taprooted perennial herb producing a branching stem up to 60 centimeters (24 inches) in height. The mostly lance-shaped leaves are lobed and long near the base of the plant, approaching 30 centimeters (12 inches) in length, and smaller and sometimes unlobed farther up the stem. The inflorescence is an open array of many flower heads, each with pointed phyllaries with thick midribs and thinner, hair-lined edges. Each flower head has 5 to 8 golden yellow ray florets but no disc florets. The fruit is a narrow, ribbed achene with a whitish pappus. [4]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Crepis pleurocarpa A.Gray
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. "Crepis pleurocarpa Calflora". www.calflora.org.
  4. "Crepis pleurocarpa in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.