Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to Oregon, east to Idaho.
Habitat: Sagebrush deserts to ponderosa pine forest openings at middle elevations.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, apomixis?
Stout perennial from a taproot and crown, the 1-several stems 2-8 dm. tall; herbage sometimes sparsely gray-woolly, sometimes with yellow bristles.
Basal and lower cauline leaves 1-4 dm. long, pinnately or bi-pinnately toothed or parted, with lanceolate segments; upper leaves few and much reduced.
Heads few or many in a flat-topped inflorescence, 8-25 flowered; involucre 9-17 mm. high, covered with glandless yellow or green bristles; inner involucre bracts 6-10; corollas ligulate, yellow
Achenes olive or yellowish, narrowed to the tip.
Publication: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 565, plate 26. 1896.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Crepis barbigera in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Crepis barbigera checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Crepis barbigera information.
E-Flora BC: Crepis barbigera atlas page.
CalPhotos: Crepis barbigera photos.
USDA Plants: Crepis barbigera information.
