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.Altervista Flora Italiana, Radicchiella dolce, Glanz-Pippau, skönfibbla, Crepis pulchra L.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapTela Botanica, Crépide élégante, Crepis pulchra L. in French with color photos and French distribution map
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.Flora of North America, Smallflower hawksbeard, Crepis pulchra Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 806. 1753.
SubspeciesThe Plant List Crepis pulchra L. Crepis pulchra subsp. pulchra Crepis pulchra subsp. turkestanica Babc.
References
External links Discover Life photos Czech Botany, Crepis pulchra L. – škarda sličná / škarda úhľadná in Czech with photos photo os herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri USA