Crepis nicaeensis

Crepis nicaeensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Genus:	Crepis
Species:	C. nicaeensis
Binomial name
	Crepis nicaeensis; Balb. ex Pers.
Synonyms[1]
	Synonymy Barkhausia nicaeensis (Pers.) Link ex Spreng. ; Berinia nicaeensis (Pers.) Sch.Bip. ; Brachyderea nicaeensis (Pers.) Sch.Bip. ; Crepis adenantha Vis. ; Crepis flexuosa Kit. ;

Crepis nicaeensis is a European species of flowering plant in the daisy family with the common names French hawk's-beard[2] and Turkish hawksbeard.[3] It is widespread across much of Europe, as well as being sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the United States and Canada.[4]

Crepis nicaeensis is an annual or biennial herb up to 110 cm (44 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 15 flower heads, each with as many as 60 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.[5]

References

"Crepis nicaeensis". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
"BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
"Crepis nicaeensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
"Crepis nicaeensis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
Bogler, David J. (2006). "Crepis nicaeensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 19. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

External links

Altervista Flora Italiana, Radicchiella di Nizza, French Hawk's Beard, Turkish Hawksbeard, Crepis nicaeensis Pers.
Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
Tele Botanica in French with photos and French distribution map
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden

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[1] "Crepis nicaeensis". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.

[BSBI07-2] "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[3] "Crepis nicaeensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[4] "Crepis nicaeensis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

[5] Bogler, David J. (2006). "Crepis nicaeensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 19. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.