Crepis tectorum |
Crepis nicaeensis |
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annual hawksbeard, narrow leaf hawksbeard, rooftop hawksbeard |
French hawksbeard, Turkish hawksbeard |
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Habit | Glabrous annual, 1-10 dm. tall, with milky juice. | |
Leaves | Basal leaves petiolate, the blade lanceolate or oblanceolate, finely toothed to pinnately parted, up to 15 cm. long and 4 cm. wide; reduced cauline leaves sessile and auriculate, linear, often involute. |
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Flowers | Heads several to numerous, 30-70 flowered; involucre 6-9 mm. high, its inner bracts 12-15, with fine hairs and sometimes with stalked glands as well, the outer bracts about one-third as long; corollas all ligulate, yellow. |
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Fruits | Achenes 2.5-4.5 mm. long, dark reddish-brown, spindle-shaped, with 10 ribs. |
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Crepis tectorum |
Crepis nicaeensis |
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Flowering time | June-August | June-August |
Habitat | Roadsides, fields, ditches, wastelots, and other disturbed, open areas. | Roadsides, fields, pastures, forest openings, and other disturbed areas, often where at least seasonally moist. |
Distribution | Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across the northern regions of the U.S. and Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to southwestern Oregon, also in western Montana, the Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America. |
Origin | Introduced from Europe | Introduced from Europe |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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