Crepis pannonica, the pasture hawksbeard,[2] is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, etc.) and the Caucasus, as well as being sparingly naturalized in the State of Connecticut in the northeastern United States.[3][4]

Crepis pannonica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Crepis
Species:
C. pannonica
Binomial name
Crepis pannonica
(Jacq.) K. Koch
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Barkhausia rigida (Waldst. & Kit.) Sloboda
  • Berinia pannonica (Jacq.) Sch.Bip.
  • Brachyderea rigida (Waldst. & Kit.) Cass.
  • Crepis blavii (Asch.) Stadlm.
  • Crepis glochidiata (Prokh.) Prokh.
  • Crepis latifolia Balb. ex Pers.
  • Crepis rigida Waldst. & Kit.
  • Hieracioides pannonicum (Jacq.) Kuntze
  • Hieracium pannonicum Jacq.
  • Mulgedium blavii Asch.
  • Senecio glochidiatus Prokh.

Crepis pannonica is a perennial herb up to 130 cm (52 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 8 flower heads, each with as many as 90 yellow ray florets.[5]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Crepis pannonica (Jacq.) K.Koch
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Crepis pannonica​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Somlyay, L. 2010. Distribution of Crepis pannonica in Hungary. Acta Botanica Hungarica 41:113-128 Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine includes of Hungarian distribution map plus mention of occurrences in other countries
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Crepis pannonica (Jacquin) K. Koch, Linnaea. 23: 689. 1851.
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