Blooms: May - July
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
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.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
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.
Species Description:
General: Perennial with 1-3 stems from a taproot, 2-7 dm. tall, the herbage usually covered with fine, grey, woolly hairs, the juice milky.
Leaves: Basal and lower cauline leaves 1-4 dm. long, pinnately lobed, mostly with broad central rachis, the lobes entire or sometimes toothed or cleft; upper leaves few and reduced.
Flowers: Heads numerous, 20-200, cylindric, 5-10 flowered; involucre 8-16 mm. high, glabrous, the outer bracts less than half a long as the 5-7 inner ones; corollas 10-18 mm. long, all ligulate and yellow.
Fruits: Achenes yellow or brownish.
General: Perennial with 1-3 stems from a taproot, 2-7 dm. tall, the herbage usually covered with fine, grey, woolly hairs, the juice milky.
Leaves: Basal and lower cauline leaves 1-4 dm. long, pinnately lobed, mostly with broad central rachis, the lobes entire or sometimes toothed or cleft; upper leaves few and reduced.
Flowers: Heads numerous, 20-200, cylindric, 5-10 flowered; involucre 8-16 mm. high, glabrous, the outer bracts less than half a long as the 5-7 inner ones; corollas 10-18 mm. long, all ligulate and yellow.
Fruits: Achenes yellow or brownish.
Accepted Name:
Crepis acuminata Nutt.Synonyms:
Crepis acuminata Nutt. ssp. acuminata
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Crepis acuminata
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Crepis acuminata specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Crepis acuminata specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Crepis acuminata treatment.
E-Flora BC: Crepis acuminata atlas page.
CalPhotos: Crepis acuminata images.
USDA Plants Database: Crepis acuminata.
J. William Thompson
J. William Thompson
J. William Thompson
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
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