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striped hawksbeard

Scientific Name: Crepis zacintha

Family: Asteraceae

Category: Dicot

Growth: Forb/herb

Duration: Annual

Other Names:

       

Crepis zacintha - Striped Hawksbeard

Crepis zacintha, commonly known as striped hawksbeard, dandelion hawk's-beard, or weedy hawk's-beard, is a plant belonging to the Crepis genus. Beaked Hawksbeard has an orange red stripe on the underside of the outer ray florets which other Hawksbeards (apart from the more common Smooth Hawksbeard) may not have.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Crepis zacintha (L.) Babc.
  • Family: Asteraceae (Dandelion family)
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Synonyms:
    • Lapsana zacintha Linnaeus
    • Rhagadiolus zacintha (L.) Desf.
    • Zacintha verrucaria Desf.
    • Zacintha verrucosa
  • Other Crepis species: Crepis capillaris (Smooth Hawksbeard), Crepis pannonica (Pasture Hawksbeard), Crepis pleurocarpa (Nakedstem Hawksbeard), Crepis acuminata (Tapertip/Longleaf Hawksbeard), Crepis runcinata ssp. hallii (Hall's Hawksbeard), Crepis vesicaria ssp. taraxacifolia, Crepis tectorum (Narrowleaf Hawksbeard), Crepis pulchra (Smallflower Hawksbeard).

Morphological Characteristics

  • Flowerheads are yellow, with outer florets striped red/brown beneath.
  • Flowerheads are 15 to 25 mm across.
  • Borne in lax-branched flat topped clusters that are erect in bud.
  • Pappus is soft.
  • Stem is many-branched from the top, coarsely hairy, bluish grey, sometimes purple-striped.
  • Flowers grouped into a capitulum 2.5–3 cm (1.2–1.6 in.) across.