View source for Crepis pulchra

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|accepted_name=Crepis pulchra
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 806. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Smallflower hawksbeard
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Crepis;Crepis pulchra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crepis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crepis pulchra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 223
|treatment_page=page 234
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 5–100 cm (taproots slender). <b>Stems</b> 1, erect, simple, proximally hispid and stipitate-glandular (viscid), distally glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; petiolate; blades oblanceolate or runcinate, 1–24 × 1–5 cm, (bases attenuate) margins deeply pinnately lobed to denticulate (lobes triangular, terminal lobes largest), apices obtuse to acute, faces densely stipitate-glandular (viscid). <b>Heads</b> 10–40, in loose, corymbiform arrays. <b>Calyculi</b> of 5–7, ovate or lanceolate, glabrous bractlets 1–2 mm. <b>Involucres</b> cylindric (turbinate in fruit), 8–12 × 3–5 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 10–14, (green medially) lanceolate, 8–10 mm, (bases strongly keeled and thickened, margins scarious), apices acute, faces glabrous. <b>Florets</b> 15–30; corollas light yellow, 5–12 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> (monomorphic or dimorphic) green to yellowish brown, subcylindric, outer 5–6 mm, inner 4–5 mm, apices attenuate (not beaked), ribs 10–12; pappi dusky white (very fine, fluffy), 4–5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Aug.
|habitat=Dry open habitats, rolling grasslands, pastures, abandoned fields, waste areas, railroads, roadsides
|elevation=0–3000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Crepis pulchra is identified by its annual habit; solitary, erect, glandular, and viscid stems; narrowly oblanceolate, runcinate, hispid leaves with relatively large terminal segments; glabrous and strongly keeled phyllaries; sometimes dimorphic cypselae; and fluffy, dusky white pappi.</p>
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name=Crepis pulchra
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Aug.
|habitat=Dry open habitats, rolling grasslands, pastures, abandoned fields, waste areas, railroads, roadsides
|elevation=0–3000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Crepis
|species=Crepis pulchra
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