Crepis modocensis

Modoc hawksbeard

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Modoc hawksbeard is a California native perennial herb found in rocky or open areas at moderate elevations. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces pale yellow to white flowers in small clusters of 1 to 9 heads, each head approximately 1.1 to 2.1 centimeters long. Growing with slender to stout erect stems 5 to 35 centimeters tall, it emerges from a branched taproot with distinctively hairy stems ranging from yellow to white. Its basal and stem leaves are deeply pinnately lobed, with lanceolate segments that have sharp mucronate teeth, covered in a mixture of black, white, and green bristly hairs. The fruit is cylindrical to fusiform, ranging from dark green to deep red or dark brown, with a tapered or beaked tip and a dusky white pappus.

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