Skye Flora

Smooth Hawksbeard


Crepis capillaris

 

Crepis capillaris

Photo © Carl Farmer
23 Sep 2002 Glenbrittle

Common on bare ground or in short turf, often at foot of walls or rocks.

Flower diameter normally 1-1.5 cm but can be up to 2.5 cm.

Skye ID: Bracts around flowerhead consist of an inner row plus an outer row of much shorter ones, without intermediates between these.  Upper leaves clasp stem with pair of backward-pointing basal lobes.  Styles dark yellow, not greenish-black.

Other features: Normally annual.  Involucre wider at base than in middle.

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Crepis capillaris

Photo © Carl Farmer
23 Sep 2002 Glenbrittle

 

Crepis capillaris

Photo © Carl Farmer
2 Sep 2004 Scorrybreac
Lower left flowerhead = c 2.0 cm diameter


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