Hieracium crepidispermum is a North American plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico and found also in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hieracium |
| Species: | H. crepidispermum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hieracium crepidispermum Fr. 1848
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Hieracium crepidispermum is an herb up to 100 cm (39 in) tall, with leaves mostly in a rosette at the bottom. Leaves are up to 85 mm (3.3 in) long, sometimes with small teeth on the edges. One stalk will produce 8-25 flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head has 25–40 white or pale yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Hieracium crepidispermum Fr.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2004 county distribution map
- ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Hieracium crepidispermum Fries, 1848.
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