Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crepis capillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Smooth Hawksbeard grows 1-2 feet tall (or more) and has leaves reminiscent of Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), but smaller. The flower heads also recall Dandelion, but are also much smaller. A typical plant has several stems, each with several strongly ascending branches, terminated by heads. The achenes (seeds) are beakless (contra C. vesicaria) and the stems lack stipitate glands (contra C. pulchra), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crepis capillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crepis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Crepis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-11-003:
Crepis capillaris FAMILY Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crepis capillaris
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Hawksbeard
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crepis capillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crepis capillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crepis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Crepis capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-11-003:
Crepis capillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crepis capillaris
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