Crepis pulchra explained

Crepis pulchra is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with the common name smallflower hawksbeard. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as in Morocco, Algeria, and western and central Asia. It has also become naturalized in the parts of the United States and in the Canadian Province of Ontario.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Crepis pulchra is an annual herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 40 flower heads, each with as many as 30 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.^[4]

Subspecies^[5]

• Crepis pulchra subsp. pulchra
• Crepis pulchra subsp. turkestanica Babc.

External links

• Discover Life photos
• Czech Botany, Crepis pulchra L. – škarda sličná / škarda úhľadná in Czech with photos
• photo os herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri USA

Notes and References

1. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=crepis+pulchra Altervista Flora Italiana, Radicchiella dolce, Glanz-Pippau, skönfibbla, Crepis pulchra L.
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Crepis%20pulchra.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
3. http://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-19738-synthese Tela Botanica, Crépide élégante, Crepis pulchra L.
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416376 Flora of North America, Smallflower hawksbeard, Crepis pulchra Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 806. 1753.
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-8198 The Plant List Crepis pulchra L.