Crepis rubra explained

Crepis rubra is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with the common name red hawksbeard or pink hawk's-beard. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region (Italy, Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Asia Minor) and is widely cultivated as an ornamental. It became naturalized in a small region of the United States (Marin County just north of San Francisco Bay in California).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Crepis rubra is an annual up to 40cm (20inches) tall. Each plant will usually produce only one or two flower heads, each with as many as 100 pink or red ray florets but no disc florets. It grows in rocky fields and meadows.^[4]

External links

• First Nature
• Associazione Micologica e Botanica, Funghi e Fiori in Italia in Italian with photos
• Greek Mountain Flora photo

Notes and References

1. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=crepis+rubra Altervista Flora Italiana, Radicchiella rosea, Pink Hawksbeard, Red Hawksbeard, Crépide rouge, roter Pippau, rosenfibbla, Crepis rubra L.
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Crepis%20rubra.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
3. http://www.bio.bas.bg/~phytolbalcan/PDF/15_1/15_1_07_Peev_%26_al.pdf Peev, D., S. Stoyanov, M. Dalcheva, N. Valyovska. 2009. The pink flowering Crepis rubra, new for the Bulgarian flora. Phytologia Balcanica 15(1):59-62.
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066453 Flora of North America, Red hawksbeard Crepis rubra Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 806. 1753.