Asteraceae
Stinking hawksbeard
Crepis foetida
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Crepis
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- سراغة نتنة
- arz
- سراغه نتنه
- Belarusian
- Баркгаўзія макалістая
- Czech
- Škarda smrdutá
- Dutch
- Stinkend streepzaad
- English
- Stinking hawksbeard, Stinking hawk's-beard
- Finnish
- Haisukeltto
- French
- Barkhausie fétide
- German
- Stink-Pippau, Stinkpippau
- Hungarian
- Bűzös aszász
- Italian
- Radicchiella selvatica
- Macedonian
- Смрдлива дрипавка
- Persian
- ریشقوش هرز
- Welsh
- Gwalchlys drewllyd
Synonyms
- Anisoderis foetida (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Arnoseris foetida (L.) Dumort.
- Barkhausia divaricata Schur
- Barkhausia echioides Schur
- 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 rhoeadifolia var. maritima (Boiss.) Papava
- Barkhausia rodigioides Sch.Bip. ex Tchich.
- Barkhausia zacinthia Margot & Reut. ex DC.
- Berinia foetida (L.) Sch.Bip.
- Chondrilla decandollei Spreng. ex DC.
- Crepis amygdalina Lag.
- Crepis barbata Mill.
- Crepis eritreensis Babc.
- Crepis fallax Boiss.
- 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. foetida
- Crepis foetida var. sinuatodentata Schur
- Crepis foetida var. typica Halácsy
- 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.
and 10 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

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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.