Asteraceae

Pink hawk’s-beard

Crepis rubra L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Crepis

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Pink hawk’s-beard (Crepis rubra) — FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

arz: كريبس روبرا
Chinese: 桃色还阳参
English: Pink hawk’s-beard, Red hawksbeard
Finnish: Punakeltto
Greek: Κρεπίς η ερυθρή
Japanese: モモイロタンポポ
Persian: کفشک صورتی
Swedish: Rosenfibbla

Synonyms

Anisoderis rubra (L.) Cass.
Barkhausia auriculifolia Rchb.
Barkhausia rubra (L.) Moench
Crepis auriculifolia Froel.
Crepis incarnata Vis.
Hieracioides rubra (L.) Kuntze
Hostia rubra (L.) Cass.
Picris rubra (L.) Lam.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 73 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: connyklein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Roozitaa, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Darrel Watts, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Panegyrics of Granovetter, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.