Crepis intermedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Crepis |
| Species: | C. intermedia
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Crepis intermedia is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name limestone hawksbeard. It is native to the Pacific Northwest, Columbia Plateau, Great Plains and Southwestern regions of western North America.[2][3]
Crepis intermedia grows in many types of open and forested habitat. It is a perennial herb growing an erect, multibranched stem from a thick taproot, reaching up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) in height. It has woolly green herbage. The leaves are lined with triangular lobes and the lowest leaves approach 40 centimeters (16 inches) long. The inflorescence is an open array of many ligulate flower heads, each with woolly phyllaries and several yellow ray florets but no disc florets. The fruit is a narrow, ribbed achene just under a centimeter long.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Crepis intermedia A.Gray
- ^ Biotas of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Crepis intermedia A. Gray intermediate hawksbeard, limestone hawksbeard
- ^ Flora of North America, Limestone or small-flower hawksbeard, Crepis intermedia A. Gray
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 432
External links
[edit]- Calflora Database: Crepis intermedia (Intermediate hawksbeard, Limestone hawksbeard)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Crepis intermedia
- USDA Plants Profile for Crepis intermedia (limestone hawksbeard)
- UC Calphotos gallery of Crepis intermedia
Media related to Crepis intermedia at Wikimedia Commons
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