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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crepis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smallflower Hawksbeard at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crepis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crepis pulchra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crepis pulchra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-11-002:
Crepis pulchra FAMILY Asteraceae_
COMMON NAME:
Smallflower Hawksbeard
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crpu3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crepis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crepis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crepis pulchra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crepis pulchra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-11-002:
Crepis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
3376
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Mountains, rare in Coastal Plain
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Olive-brown
Nutlet
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