beaked hawk’s-beard

Crepis vesicaria ssp. taraxacifolia

Member of beaked hawksbeard (Crepis vesicaria)
hawksbeards (genus Crepis)
yellow dandelion-like flowers
lettuce, chicory, dandelion, and salsify tribe (tribe Cichorieae)
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

There are no other wild members of this species in California.

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• basal and cauline leaves pinnately lobed to dentate, terminal lobe large, toothed
• involucre 8–12 mm, cylindric to bell-shaped or ± obconic
• outer phyllaries 3–4 mm, ovate to lance-linear (thick based), glabrous
• inner phyllaries lanceolate, reflexed at maturity, often stalked-glandular
• corolla yellow, ± red abaxially

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Chris’s observations: 23 (10 are research grade)

Locations:

• Sierra Azul OSP: 4
• Stevens Creek CP: 3
• Almaden Quicksilver CP: 2
• Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP: 2
• Henry Coe SP: 2
• Long Ridge OSP: 2
• Sunol Wilderness RP: 2
• Calero CP
• Castle Rock SP
• Coal Creek OSP
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve
• Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP
• Skyline Ridge OSP

Months:

• Apr.: 9
• May: 12
• Jun.: 2

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora