Crepis pulchra
species of plant
Crepis pulchra is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with the common name smallflower hawksbeard. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as in Morocco, Algeria, and western and central Asia. It has also become naturalized in the parts of the United States and in the Canadian Province of Ontario.
Crepis pulchra is an annual herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 40 flower heads, each with as many as 30 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.
Subspecies
Crepis pulchra subsp. pulchra
Crepis pulchra subsp. turkestanica Babc.
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