Crepis capillaris

Smooth Hawk's-beard

Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Common plant of disturbed soils and grassland. Flowers in summer. Hawkweeds belong to the family Asteraceae, so what appaers to be single flowers are actually composites of small flowers bound together in a flower head.


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Flowers
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Plants in grass
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Habitat
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Plant
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On grass verge
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Leaf
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Flower head section

Photograph detail


Slide 1: Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Flowers. Well Bank, River Ure, Redmire. June.


Slide 2: Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Plants growing in grass. Well Bank, River Ure, Redmire. June.


Slide 3: Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Typical habitat. Well Bank, River Ure, Redmire. June.


Slide 4: Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Plant. Well Bank, River Ure, Redmire. June.


Slide 5: Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Growing on mown grass verge. Hargill, Redmire. July.


Slide 6: Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Leaf, collected from grass verge. Hargill, Redmire. July.


Slide 7: Crepis capillaris, Smooth Hawk's-beard. Section of flower head, collected from grass verge. Hargill, Redmire. July.