Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
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.
Smallflower Hawksbeard most resembles C. capillaris, but the stems have stipitate glands (vs. not stipitate in that species). Read more 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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Olive-brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".