Overview
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Crepis is a genus of about 200 annual and perennial flowering plants found in the family Asterales resembling Dandelion, the main differences being that Hawksbeards have multiple flowers per plant as well as branching stems. The name Crepis derives from Greek, meaning 'shoe'. In some parts of the world the genus is known as Hawksbeard.
Species can be found all through the northern hemisphere and tropical Africa.
Crepis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Broad-barred White.
Chromosome count: 2n=12
Selected Species
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- Crepis biennis - rough hawksbeard
- Crepis capilllaris - smooth hawksbeard
- Crepis foetida - stinking hawksbeard
- Crepis mollis - northern hawksbeard
- Crepis monticola - mountain hawksbeard
- Crepis nicaeensis - French hawksbeard
- Crepis paludosa - marsh hawksbeard
- Crepis praemorsa - leafless hawksbeard
- Crepis setosa - bristly hawksbeard
- Crepis sibirica
- Crepis sodiroi
- Crepis tectorum - narrow-leaved hawksbeard
- Crepis vesicaria - beaked hawksbeard
Taxonomy
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The Genus Crepis is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 470 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Crepis: C. abietina · C. abolinii · C. acaulis · C. achyrophoroides · C. aculeata · C. aculeolata · C. acuminata (Taper-Tip Hawk´s-Beard) · C. acuminata acuminata (Taper-Tip Hawk´s-Beard) · C. acuminata pluriflora (Taper-Tip Hawk´s-Beard) · C. acuminata var. intermedia · C. acuminatum · C. adenantha · C. agrestis · C. aitchisonii · C. alaica · C. albanica · C. albescens · C. albida · C. alfredii · C. alikeri · C. alpestris · C. alpicola · C. alpina · C. altaica · C. altissima · C. amanica · C. ambacensis · C. ambigua · C. amplexifolia · C. andersonii · C. andryaloides · C. angustata · C. apargia · C. apargioides · C. apula · C. arabica · C. arcuata · C. arenaria · C. armena · C. asadbarensis · C. aspera · C. aspromontana · C. astrachanica · C. athoa · C. atrabarba · C. atribarba (Slender Hawksbeard) · C. atribarba atribarba (Slender Hawksbeard) · C. aurea (Golden Hawks Beard) · C. aurea glabrescens · C. auriculifolia · C. austriaca · C. baicalensis · C. bakeri (Baker's Hawksbeard) · C. bakeri cusickii (Cusick's Hawksbeard) · C. bakeri idahoensis (Baker's Hawksbeard) · C. balbisiana · C. balcanica · C. baldaccii · C. balearica · C. balliana · C. bannatica · C. barbata · C. barbigera · C. baruigera · C. bellidifolia · C. bertiscea · C. biennis (Rough Hawk´s-Beard) · C. biennis var. b · C. bifurcata · C. bithynica · C. blattarioides · C. blattaroides · C. blavii · C. bocconi · C. bodinieri · C. bulbosa · C. bullosa · C. bumbensis · C. bungei · C. bupleurifolia · C. burejensis · C. bureniana · C. bursaefolia · C. bursifolia (Italian Hawksbeard) · C. caespitosa · C. callicephala · C. calycina · C. cameroonica · C. canariensis · C. capilaris · C. capillaris (Smooth Hawk´s-Beard) · C. capillaris var. glandulosa · C. cappilaris · C. carbonaria · C. caucasica · C. caucasigena · C. cernua · C. chirindica · C. chloroclada · C. chondrilloides · C. chrysantha · C. ciliata · C. cineripappa · C. claryi · C. clausonis · C. columnae · C. commutata · C. connexa · C. conyzaefolia · C. conyzifolia · C. cooperi · C. coreana · C. corniculata · C. coronopifolia · C. corymbosa · C. cretica · C. croatica · C. crocea · C. crocifolia · C. czerepanovii · C. czuensis · C. dachhigamensis · C. darvazica · C. decumbens · C. deloynei · C. demavendi · C. demawerdi · C. dens-leonis · C. denticulata · C. depressa · C. diffusa · C. dinarica · C. dioritica · C. dioscorides · C. dioscoridis · C. disciformis · C. divaricata · C. echioides · C. elbrusensis · C. elegans (Elegant Hawksbeard) · C. elongata · C. elymaitica · C. ephemera · C. erythia · C. exilis · C. faureliana · C. filiformis · C. flexuosa · C. foeniculacea · C. foetida (Roadside Hawk´s-Beard) · C. foetida foetida (Stinking Hawksbeard) · C. foetide · C. foliosa · C. fontiana · C. formosana · C. forskalii · C. fortida · C. fraasii · C. friesii · C. frigida · C. froelichiana · C. froelichiana dinarica · C. fuliginosa · C. gaditana · C. gaubae · C. geracioides · C. gillii · C. glandulosa · C. glandulosissima · C. glauca · C. glaucella · C. glomerata · C. gmelinii · C. gossweileri · C. gracilipes · C. gracilis · C. grandiflora · C. guioliana · C. gymnopus · C. haenseleri · C. hakkarica · C. heldreichiana · C. hellenica · C. heterophylla · C. heterotricha · C. hieracioides · C. hieracium · C. hierosolymita · C. hierosolymitana · C. himalaica · C. hispanica · C. hispida · C. hokkaidoensis · C. hololeion · C. hookeriana · C. hybrida · C. hyemalis · C. hyoseridifolia · C. hypochaeridea · C. hypochoeridea · C. incana · C. incarnata · C. insignis · C. insularis · C. integra · C. integrifolia · C. intermedia (Small-Flower Hawksbeard) · C. intybacea · C. ircutensis · C. iringensis · C. jacquini · C. jacquinii · C. jacquinii kerneri · C. jacutica · C. japonica · C. jaquinii · C. jubata · C. juvenalis · C. karakuschensis · C. karelinii · C. kashmirica · C. keiskeana · C. kerneri · C. khorassanica · C. kilimandscharica · C. koelzii · C. kotschyana · C. krameri · C. kurdica · C. kusnezovii · C. lacera · C. lachenalii · C. laciniata · C. lactea · C. lampsanoides · C. lanceolata · C. lapsanoides · C. latialis · C. leontodontoides · C. libanotica · C. libyca · C. lignea · C. litardierei · C. lodomiriensis · C. longipes · C. lybica · C. lyrata · C. macedonica · C. macrophylla · C. macropus · C. macrorhiza · C. malyi · C. marschallii · C. mauritianum · C. melanthera · C. merxmuelleri · C. micrantha · C. mildbraedii · C. minuta · C. mira · C. modocensis · C. modocensis rostrata (Siskiyou Hawk´s-Beard) · C. mogollonica · C. mollis · C. mollis succisiifolia · C. montana · C. monticola (Mountain Hawksbeard) · C. multicaulis · C. multiflora · C. muricata · C. nana (Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard) · C. nana ramosa (Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard) · C. naniforma · C. napifera · C. neglecta · C. nemausensis · C. nemetzii · C. neomexicana · C. nevii · C. newii · C. nicaeensis (Turkish Hawksbeard) · C. nigrescens · C. nigricans · C. noronhaea · C. novae-zelandiae · C. novoana · C. nuda · C. nudicaulis · C. occidentalis · C. occidentalis conjuncta (Western Hawk´s-Beard) · C. occidentalis costata · C. occidentalis gracilis · C. occidentalis nevadensis · C. occidentalis pumila (Western Hawk´s-Beard) · C. occidentalis var. gracilis · C. oporinoides · C. oreadis · C. palaestina · C. paleacea · C. pannonica (Pasture Hawksbeard) · C. pantocsekii · C. papposissima · C. parviflora · C. patula · C. pawlowlkii · C. perplexa · C. perplexans · C. petiolata · C. phoenix · C. pigmaea · C. pinnatifida · C. platyphylla · C. pleurocarpa (Naked Hawk´s-Beard) · C. polymorpha · C. polytricha · C. pontana · C. pontica · C. praecox · C. praemorsa · C. pratensis · C. prenanthoides · C. pseudonaniforma · C. pterothecoides · C. pulcherrima · C. pulchra (Smallflower Hawk´s-Beard) · C. pulchra pulchra (Smallflower Hawksbeard) · C. pumila (Largeflower Hawksbeard) · C. purpurea · C. pusilla · C. pygmaea · C. pygmaea 'Folis Purpurea' · C. pygmaea pygmaea · C. pygmea · C. pyrenaica · C. quercifolia · C. racemifera · C. radicata · C. ramosissima · C. recognita · C. reuterana · C. reuteriana · C. rhaetica · C. rhagadioloides · C. rhoeadifolia · C. rigens · C. rigescens · C. rigida · C. riparia · C. robertioides · C. rosthornii · C. rostrata (Modoc Hawksbeard) · C. rosularis · C. rubra (Red Hawk´s-Beard) · C. rubra 'Alba' (Hawks Beard) · C. ruderalis · C. rueppellii · C. rumicifolia · C. runcinata · C. runcinata subsp. alpicola · C. runcinata andersonii (Fiddle-Leaf Hawk's-Beard) · C. runcinata barberi (Barber's Hawksbeard) · C. runcinata hallii (Fiddleleaf Hawksbeard) · C. runcinata hispidulosa (Fiddleleaf Hawksbeard) · C. runcinata imbricata (Fiddleleaf Hawksbeard) · C. runcinata runcinata (Fiddle-Leaf Hawk's-Beard) · C. runcinata var. alpicola · C. runcinata var. runcinata · C. ruprechtii · C. rutilans · C. sacra · C. sahendi · C. salzmannii · C. sancta · C. sancta bifida · C. sancta nemausensis · C. scabra · C. scanensis · C. scaposa · C. scariosa · C. schachtii · C. schimperi · C. schultzii · C. scorzoneroides · C. senecioides · C. serawschanica · C. setosa (Bristly Hawk´s-Beard) · C. shawanensis · C. sibirica · C. sibthorpiana · C. simulans · C. simulatrix · C. slovenica · C. smithiana · C. smyrnaea · C. sodiroi · C. sogdiana · C. sonchifolia · C. songorica · C. sorocephala · C. spathulata · C. sprengelii · C. sprengeriana · C. staticifolia · C. stenoma · C. stojanovii · C. stolonifera · C. straussii · C. stricta · C. suberostris · C. subscaposa · C. succisaefolia · C. succisifolia · C. suffreniana · C. suffreniana apula · C. suffruticosa · C. syriaca · C. taraxacifolia · C. taraxacoides · C. taraxacum · C. taraxifolia · C. tatewakii · C. taurinensis · C. tectorum (Narrow-Leaf Hawk´s-Beard) · C. tectorum subsp. nigrescens · C. tectorum nigrescens · C. tectorum tectorum (Narrowleaved Hawk's Beard) · C. tenerrima · C. tenuifolia · C. terglouensis · C. thompsonii · C. tianshanica · C. tibetica · C. tingitana · C. tomentosa · C. triasii · C. trichocephala · C. tristis · C. trojanensis · C. tsarongensis · C. tungusica · C. turcica · C. turcomanica · C. turicensis · C. tybakiensis · C. ugandensis · C. umbrella · C. urundica · C. valentina · C. vernalis · C. versicaria · C. vesicaria (Beaked Hawk´s-Beard) · C. vesicaria subsp. andryaloides · C. vesicaria haenseleri (Beaked Hawksbeard) · C. vesicaria haensleri · C. vesicaria stellata · C. vesicaria taraxacifolia (Beaked Hawk´s-Beard) · C. virens · C. virgata · C. viscidula · C. willdenowii · C. willemetioides · C. xylorrhiza · C. zacintha (Striped Hawk´s-Beard) · C. zazintha · C. ×curiensis · C. ×helvetica · C. ×holubyana · C. ×turicensis
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