Crepis occidentalis subsp. pumila

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Small western hawksbeard is a California native perennial found in northern Sierra Nevada, northern Coast Ranges, Modoc Plateau, San Francisco Bay Area, western Transverse Ranges, and Great Basin in open pine woodland and serpentine slopes at elevations of 800 to 1,800 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces yellow flowers in clusters of 5 to 15 heads. Growing with stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall that are minutely fuzzy and not glandular, it forms a compact plant with distinctive foliage. Its leaves are 10 to 20 centimeters long with strongly toothed edges or pinnate lobes that are closely spaced and coarsely dentate. The fruit is brown and develops after the summer flowering period.

Habitat: Open pine woodland, serpentine slopes

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 800-1800 m

Bioregions: NCoRH, CaRH, n SNH, SnFrB, WTR, GB

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