Taxonomy

Crepis capillaris (L.) Wallr., Linnaea 14. 1841

Common synonyms

Berinia pinnatifida (Willd.) Sch.Bip.; Crepis agrestis Waldst. & Kit.; Crepis agrestis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.; Crepis bauhiniana Tausch; Crepis candollei Sch.Bip.; Crepis capillaris f. bischoffii Soó; Crepis capillaris f. capillaris; Crepis capillaris f. integra (Bisch.) Soó; Crepis capillaris subsp. agrestis; Crepis capillaris subsp. arvensis (Waldst. & Kit.) R.Knapp; Crepis capillaris subsp. capillaris; Crepis capillaris var. agrestis (Willd.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.; Crepis capillaris var. anglica Druce & Thell.; Crepis capillaris var. canescens Peterm.; Crepis capillaris var. glanduligera Peterm.; Crepis capillaris var. glandulosa (L.) Wallr.; Crepis capillaris var. glandulosa Druce; Crepis cooperi A.Gray; Crepis diffusa DC.; Crepis druceana Murr; Crepis druceana Murr ex Druce; Crepis gaditana Boiss.; Crepis leiosperma Gaud.; Crepis leiosperma Gaud. ex DC.; Crepis linifolia Thuill.; Crepis longe-pinnatifida Chevall.; Crepis lusitanica Boiss.; Crepis lusitanica Boiss. ex Sch.Bip.; Crepis neglecta M.Bieb.; Crepis nemorum Pourr.; Crepis nemorum Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange; Crepis parviflora Desf.; Crepis parviflora Moench; Crepis pinnatifida Willd.; Crepis polymorpha Wallr.; Crepis polymorpha var. diffusa Wallr.; Crepis polymorpha var. erecta Fresen.; Crepis polymorpha var. humilis (Gaudin) DC.; Crepis sagittata Schur; Crepis uniflora Thuill.; Crepis variabilis Krock.; Crepis virens; Crepis virens; Crepis virens; Crepis virens L.; Crepis virens f. integra Bisch.; Crepis virens f. virens; Crepis virens subsp. agrestis (Willd.) Rouy; Crepis virens subsp. capillaris (L.) Cout.; Crepis virens subsp. parviflora Arcang.; Crepis virens var. agrestis (Willd.) W. D. J. Koch; Crepis virens var. dentata Bisch.; Crepis virens var. diffusa Bisch.; Crepis virens var. diffusa Gren. & Godr.; Crepis virens var. elatior Cariot & St.-Lag.; Crepis virens var. genuina Beckh.; Crepis virens var. humilis Gaudin; Crepis virens var. pectinata Bisch.; Crepis virens var. runcinata Bisch.; Crepis virens var. virens; Lapsana capillaris L.; Malacothrix crepoides A.Gray

Common name

Hawksbeard

Description

Propagule or dispersal unit is the fruit with pappus. Fertile part 1.5-2.3(-2.8) mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, in side view widest in lower part (ovoid) or widest in the middle, +/- straight or conspicuously curved, the upper (apical) end narrowing, in cross-section round (terete), rarely flattened, basal scar (carpopodium) inconspicuous and undifferentiated, central, beak (=thinner sterile stalk between seed and pappus) absent, wings absent, fruit surface light brown or straw, smooth (except at cellular level), with no hairs (glabrous), thickened margin absent, longitudinal ribs present, 10-13, their surfaces bumpy or notched, with no hairs (glabrous).

Pappus type bristles / hairs, pappus elements all +/- similar, up to 3-5 mm long, in several rows, pappus elements numerous, elements falling off individually, the individual bristles rough / serrated (barbellate), +/- equal width along length, white / translucent.