Crepis monticola

Crepis monticola is a North American species of wildflowers in the daisy family known by the common name mountain hawksbeard.

Crepis monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Crepis
Species:
C. monticola
Binomial name
Crepis monticola
Synonyms[1]
  • Psilochenia monticola (Coville) W.A.Weber

Distribution

This aster-like flower is native to northern California and southern Oregon, in the Klamath Mountains and Northern California Coast Ranges.

It grows in woodlands and dry Yellow pine forest and Red fir forest habitats.[2][3]

Description

Crepis monticola is a taprooted perennial which rarely exceeds 30 centimeters (12 inches) in height. The dense foliage is made up of highly lobed and toothed leaves forming a wrinkled, bristly clump. It is often covered in sticky exudate.

The inflorescence is a cluster of several flower heads, each made up of about 20 golden yellow ligules with toothed tips, but no disc florets.

The fruit is a small achene with a white pappus.[4][5][6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Crepis monticola Coville
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Crepis monticola Cov. Mountain Hawk's Beard, mountain hawksbeard
  4. Flora of North America, Mountain hawksbeard, Crepis monticola Coville
  5. Coville, Frederick Vernon 1896. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3(9): 562 description and commentary in English
  6. Coville, Frederick Vernon 1896. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3(9): plate XXII (22) full-page line drawing of Crepis monticola


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