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Rough hawksbeard

Crepis biennis L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Crepis

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Rough hawksbeard (Crepis biennis)
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Common names

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English
Rough hawksbeard

Synonyms

  • Barkhausia pinguis Rchb.
  • Brachyderea biennis Sch.Bip.
  • Brachyderea biennis (L.) F.W.Schultz
  • Crepis biennis subsp. subalpina (Nyár.) Nyár.
  • Crepis biennis var. alpestris Beauverd
  • Crepis biennis var. banatica Rochel
  • Crepis biennis var. calcarea (Wender.) Wigand & F.Meigen
  • Crepis biennis var. carpatica Popov
  • Crepis biennis var. dentata W.D.J.Koch
  • Crepis biennis var. dentata Wimm. & Grab.
  • Crepis biennis var. glabrescens Schur
  • Crepis biennis var. glandulosopilosa Heuff.
  • Crepis biennis var. hispida Woerl. ex Beger
  • Crepis biennis var. humilis Schur
  • Crepis biennis var. lacera Wimm. & Grab.
  • Crepis biennis var. leptophylla Wallr.
  • Crepis biennis var. lorifolia Beck
  • Crepis biennis var. maritima Corb.
  • Crepis biennis var. minoriceps Murr
  • Crepis biennis var. nitens Nyár.
  • Crepis biennis var. platyphylla Wallr.
  • Crepis biennis var. pubescens Beckh.
  • Crepis biennis var. runcinata Wimm. & Grab.
  • Crepis biennis var. scabriuscula Schur
  • Crepis biennis var. scrabifolia Vacc.
  • Crepis biennis var. semiincisa Wimm. & Grab.
  • Crepis biennis var. silviae Yuksip
  • Crepis biennis var. subalpina Nyár.
  • Crepis calcarea Wender.
  • Crepis glabra Krock.
  • Crepis lodomeriensis Besser
  • Crepis maritima Boucher
  • Crepis muricata Gilib.
  • Crepis sabauda Balb. ex DC.
  • Crepis scanensis L.
  • Crepis scanensis L. ex Froel.
  • Crepis scepusiensis Kit.
  • Crepis tectorum var. elata Ledeb.
  • Crepis transsilvanica Schur
  • Crepis tristis Klokov

and 4 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.