Asteraceae
Smooth hawksbeard
Crepis capillaris
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Crepis
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Common names
By language (18)
- Belarusian
- Зубнік валасападобны
- Catalan
- Crepis capil·lar
- Czech
- Škarda vláskovitá
- Danish
- Grøn Høgeskæg
- Dutch
- Klein streepzaad
- English
- Smooth hawksbeard, Hawk's beard
- Finnish
- Hoikkakeltto
- French
- Crépide capillaire, Crépis à tige capillaire, Crépis à tiges capillaires
- German
- Kleinköpfiger Pippau
- Irish
- Lus cúráin mín
- Italian
- Radicchiella capillare
- kw
- Barv an hok
- Macedonian
- Влакнеста дрипавка
- Polish
- Pępawa zielona
- Slovak
- Škadra vláskovitá
- Swedish
- Grönfibbla
- Ukrainian
- Скереда волосовидна
- Welsh
- Gwalchlys
Synonyms
- 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 (Bischoff) Soó
- 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 Druce
- Crepis cooperi A.Gray
- Crepis corymbosa var. baetica Willk.
- Crepis diffusa DC.
- Crepis druceana Murr ex Druce
- Crepis gaditana Boiss.
- Crepis leiosperma Gaud. ex DC.
- Crepis linifolia Thuill.
- Crepis longepinnatifida Chevall.
- Crepis lusitanica Boiss.
- Crepis lusitanica Boiss. ex Sch.Bip.
- Crepis neglecta M.Bieb.
- Crepis nemorum Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
- 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 tectorum var. tectorum
- Crepis uniflora Thuill.
- Crepis variabilis Krock.
- Crepis virens L.
- Crepis virens f. integra Bisch.
- Crepis virens f. virens
- Crepis virens subsp. agrestis (Willd.) Rouy
- Crepis virens subsp. capillaris (L.) Cout.
and 10 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to September, November to January (from 808 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nathan Odgers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Connor Sydney (Squid), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Danny Steven S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Danny Steven S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Danny Steven S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.