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Genus = Crepis,

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Crepis acuminata   (tapertip hawksbeard, long leaved hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis acuminata in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Perennial with 1-3 stems from a taproot, 2-7 dm. tall, the herbage usually covered with fine, grey, woolly hairs, the juice milky.
Distribution: East of the Cascades, Washington to California, east to Montana and New Mexico.
Habitat: Dry, open places from the foothiils to moderate elevations in the mountains.

Crepis atribarba   (slender hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis atrabarba in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Perennial with 1 or 2 stems from a tap-root, 1.5-7 dm. tall, with milky juice, covered with fine, short white wool at least when young.
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to Nevada, east to the Great Plains of Canada and the U.S.
Habitat: Dry, open places, foothills to moderate elevations in the mountains.

Crepis bakeri   (Baker's hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis bakeri in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Perennial with 1-3 stout stems from a tap-root, 1-3 dm. tall, with milky juice.
Distribution: East slope of the Cascades, from central Washington to central California.
Habitat: Dry, open slopes in the foothills and at moderate elevations in the mountains.

Crepis barbigera   (bearded hawksbeard)  
Stout perennial from a taproot and crown, the 1-several stems 2-8 dm. tall; herbage sometimes sparsely gray-woolly, sometimes with yellow bristles.
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington south to Oregon, east to Idaho.
Habitat: Dry, open areas in the plains and foothills.

Crepis capillaris   (smooth hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis capillaris in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Branched annual, 1-9 dm. tall, often covered with short, stiff, pointed yellow hairs throughout, with milky juice.
Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington; widely distributed throughout much of North America.
Habitat: Disturbed soil at lower elevations.

Crepis intermedia   (limestone hawksbeard, gray hawksbeard intermediate hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis intermedia in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Perennial with 1 or 2 stems from a tap-root, 2-7 dm. tall, more or less grey-woolly throughout, with milky juice.
Distribution: British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Arizona
Habitat: Somewhat moist to dry open areas, foothills to moderate elevations

Crepis modocensis   (Modoc hawksbeard, low hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis modocensis in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Perennial with 1-4 stems from a tap-root, 1-3 dm. tall, the juice milky; herbage white-woolly throughout, at least when young, and the lower stem with bristles, but not glands.
Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to Oregon.
Habitat: Common in shrub-steppe, sagebrush, and forest openings.

Crepis nana   (dwarf alpine hawksbeard, low hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis nana in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Tap-rooted, glabrous and glaucus perennial, about 1 dm. tall, the juice milky; stems several, erect or ascending, branched or simple.
Distribution: Alaska to California, east to Wyoming
Habitat: Uncommon above timberline in the mountains

Crepis occidentalis   (largeflower hawksbeard, western hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis occidentalis in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Stout perennial from a taproot and short, woody base, stems 1-3, 0.5- 4 dm. tall, the herbage densely grey-woolly, at least when young, with milky juice.
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains of Canada and the U.S.
Habitat: Dry, open places, mostly in the foothills and plains.

Crepis pleurocarpa   (naked stemmed hawksbeard, naked stemmed hawksbeard)  
Nearly glabrous perennials with slender taproots, the stems 1-3, sparingly branched.
Distribution: In eastern portion of Washington; south to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
Habitat: Stream banks in mixed conifer forests, road cuts, and rocky, serpentine soils.

Crepis setosa   (rough hawksbeard, bristly hawksbeard)  
Annuals with shallow taproots, the stems single, 8-80 cm. tall, simple or sparingly branched, with coarse, yellowish bristles.
Distribution: West of the Cascades in Washington, south to California
Habitat: Disturbed areas at low elevation

Crepis tectorum   (narrow-leaf hawksbeard, annual hawksbeard, rooftop hawksbeard)  
(= Crepis tectorum in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Glabrous annual, 1-10 dm. tall, with milky juice.
Distribution: Introduced from Alaska to California, and across much of the northern half on the United States
Habitat: Uncommon in lawns and wastelands



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