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Bayer Code : cvppu

Scientific name: Crepis pulchra L.


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Phaecasium pulchrum Reichenbach, Lampsana pulcra Villars , Chondrilla pulchra Lamarck, Prenanthes paniculata De Candolle

Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: small-flowered hawk's-beard

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Glanz-Pippau ; ES : ; FR : crépis élégant ; IT : radicchiella dolce ; PT : ; EN : small-flowered hawk's-beard ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.

- Leaves entire, lanceolate more or less dentate (elliptic from the 4th leave).


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 35-70cm.

- Stems erect, covered by glandular hairs at the base.

- Lower leaves oblong, sinuate ; the upper ones amplexicaule.

- Flowers yellow in cylindrical, long-stalked head. Involucre elongate hairless of one row of inner bracts narrow and acute, 5 to 6 times longer than the small outer bracts.

- Fruits : achenes 5 mm long, yellowish, 10 slight ribs, as long as the pappus.

- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with Cichorium intybus and the other species of Crepis .

- Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Cichorium intybus , Crepis


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Rare     France  Present     Italy  Rare    

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