Annual Hawksbeard

Annual Hawksbeard
(Crepis tectorum)

Form:

10-36 inches tall, solitary stem, branched at top, exudes milky

juice when broken.

Leaves:

Basal leaves wither, stem leaves linear with a pair of lobes at

the junction with stem.

Flowers:

Composite heads with yellow ray flowers (no disk flowers)

Overlapping bracts with outer about 1/3 as long as inner ones.

Habitat:

Open, disturbed sites.

Season:	Summer (Late May- September)


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