Print Fact SheetCrepis foetida

Taxonomy

Crepis foetida L., Sp. Pl. 1753

Common synonyms

Anisoderis foetida (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Arnoseris foetida (L.) Dumort.; Barkhausia divaricata Schur; Barkhausia echioides Schur; Barkhausia foetida; Barkhausia foetida (L.) F.W.Schmidt; Barkhausia foetida f. foetida; Barkhausia foetida var. foetida; Barkhausia foetida var. sinuatodentata Schur; Barkhausia foetida var. typica Trautv.; Barkhausia foetida var. viscosissima Trautv.; Barkhausia glandulosa var. pinnatipartita DC.; Barkhausia gracilis (Lej.) Dumort.; Barkhausia interrupta (Sm.) Rchb.; Barkhausia radicata (Sm.) Godr.; Barkhausia rhoeadifolia var. maritima (Boiss.) Papava; Barkhausia rodigioides Sch.Bip.; Barkhausia rodigioides Sch.Bip. ex Tchich.; Barkhausia schimperi Sch.Bip.; Barkhausia schimperi Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.; Barkhausia zacinthia Margot & Reut.; Barkhausia zacinthia Margot & Reut. ex DC.; Berinia foetida (L.) Sch.Bip.; Chondrilla decandollei Spreng.; Chondrilla decandollei Spreng. ex DC.; Crepis amygdalina Lag.; Crepis barbata Mill.; Crepis eritreensis Babc.; Crepis fallax Boiss.; Crepis foetida f. foetida; Crepis foetida subsp. eufoetida Beger; Crepis foetida subsp. eufoetida Domin; Crepis foetida subsp. maritima (Boiss.) Hayek; Crepis foetida subsp. radicata Nyman; Crepis foetida subsp. vulgaris (Bisch.) Babc.; Crepis foetida subsp. zacinthia (DC.) Hayek; Crepis foetida var. arenaria Heuff.; Crepis foetida var. maritima Boiss.; Crepis foetida var. rhoeadifolia (M. Bieb.) Celak.; Crepis foetida var. sinuatodentata Schur; Crepis foetida var. typica Halácsy; Crepis foetida var. vulgaris Bisch.; Crepis glandulosa var. interrupta (Sm.) Hausskn.; Crepis glandulosa var. maritima (Boiss.) Hausskn.; Crepis glandulosa var. simplex Hausskn.; Crepis gracilis Lej.; Crepis insularis Moris & De Not.; Crepis interrupta Sm.; Crepis kotschyana C.B.Clarke; Crepis radiata Nyman; Crepis radicata Sm.; Crepis rhoeadifolia var. maritima (Boiss.) Grossh.; Crepis rodigioides Sch.Bip.; Crepis schimperi (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf.; Crepis thomsonii Babc.; Crepis thracia Spreng.; Crepis zacinthia (Margot & Reut. ex DC.) Nyman; Hieraciodes schimperi (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze; Hieracioides fallax (Boiss.) Kuntze; Hieracioides foetidum (L.) Kuntze; Hieracioides schimperi (A.Rich.) Kuntze; Hostia foetida (L.) Moench; Lapsana foetida (L.) Scop.; Lapsana leontodontoides Scop.; Lapsana leontodontoides Scop. ex DC.; Picris foetida (L.) Lam.; Rhynchopappus foetidus (L.) Dulac; Wibelia foetida (L.) Sch.Bip.

Common name

Foetid or stinking hawkbeard

Description

Propagule or dispersal unit is the fruit with pappus. Fertile part 4-5 mm long, 0.3-0.6 mm wide, in side view mostly +/- equal thickness (cylindrical), widest in lower part (ovoid) or widest in the middle, +/- straight, the upper (apical) end narrowing, in cross-section flattened, rarely round (terete), basal scar (carpopodium) inconspicuous and undifferentiated, central or off to the side (oblique) or at least asymmetric, beak (=thinner sterile stalk between seed and pappus) present, beak length 8-12.5 mm, wings absent, fruit surface light brown or straw, smooth (except at cellular level), rarely wrinkled (by misinterpretation), with no hairs (glabrous), thickened margin absent, longitudinal ribs present, 12-20, their surfaces toothed, serrated or scale-like, with no hairs (glabrous).

Pappus type bristles / hairs, pappus elements all +/- similar, up to 5-8 mm long, in several rows, pappus elements numerous, persistent or elements falling off individually, the individual bristles rough / serrated (barbellate), +/- equal width along length, white / translucent.

Ecology

Annual to biennial herb, seeds wind-dispersed. Temperate regions. Found in disturbed areas and along roads.

Native range

Europe and northern-temperate Asia.

Introduced range

Rare in Argentina, Ethiopia, Middle East, Pakistan, India, Australia, New Zealand.