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Crepis rostrata

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Crepis rostrata Coville [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Crepis modocensis Greene [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Crepis scopulorum
  • Crepis rostrata
  • Crepis modocensis

Flora

Entry for Crepis modocensis Greene subsp. rostrata (Coville) Babcock & Stebbins [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 19,
Names
Crepis modocensis Greene subsp. rostrata (Coville) Babcock & Stebbins [family COMPOSITAE], Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash., 504: 152. 1938
Crepis rostrata Coville [family COMPOSITAE], Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb., 3: 564, plate 25. 1896
Treatment Author(s)
David J. Bogler
Information
Plants 15–30 cm; setae whitish, conspicuously curled or crisped (1–2 mm). Stems densely setose or tomentose. Leaves: petioles setose; blades 10–15 × 3–4 cm (tomentulose or glabrate, midribs setose). Involucres 12–17 mm. Phyllaries densely setose or tomentose. Cypselae greenish black, 7–10 mm, beaked (beaks 1–2 mm, ribs alternating strong and weak); pappi 7–10 mm. 2n = 22, 33, 44.
Phenology
may (spring), jun-jul (summer)
Altitude range
1000–1100 m;
Distribution
USA Wash.Canada B.C.
Discussion
Subspecies rostrata is distinguished mainly by the dense curly setae of the involucres and cypselae with relatively short, coarse beaks.

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