smooth hawksbeard

Crepis capillaris

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

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CalPhotos

• basal and cauline leaves pinnately divided or sharply toothed, lobes lanceolate
• involucre 5–8 mm, cylindric
• outer phyllaries 2–4 mm, linear (thin based), minutely tomentose or stalked-glandular
• inner phyllaries lanceolate, with prominent double row of black glandular bristles along midrib
• corolla hairy[?], yellow [not ± red abaxially in CalPhotos, only in a few scattered photos on the wider internet]
• scattered along the peninsula and Henry Coe

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Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora