Crepis pannonica explained

Crepis pannonica, the pasture hawksbeard, is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, etc.) and the Caucasus, as well as being sparingly naturalized in the State of Connecticut in the northeastern United States.[1] [2]

Crepis pannonica is a perennial herb up to 130 cm (52 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 8 flower heads, each with as many as 90 yellow ray florets.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Crepis%20pannonica.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. http://www.nhmus.hu/modules/Tar-Noveny/studia/somlyay2010.pdf Somlyay, L. 2010. Distribution of Crepis pannonica in Hungary. Acta Botanica Hungarica 41:113-128
  3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066451 Flora of North America, Crepis pannonica (Jacquin) K. Koch, Linnaea. 23: 689. 1851.