Asteraceae
Beaked hawksbeard
Crepis vesicaria
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Crepis
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- سراغة منتفخة
- Dutch
- Paardenbloemstreepzaad, Paardebloemstreepzaad
- English
- Beaked hawksbeard
- Finnish
- Voikeltto
- German
- Blasen-Pippau
- Welsh
- Gwalchlys gylfinog
Synonyms
- Barkhausia hiemalis Spreng.
- Barkhausia raphanifolia Spreng.
- Barkhausia taraxacoides Rchb.
- Barkhausia vesicaria (L.) DC.
- Crepis hiemalis Biv.
- Crepis muricata Viv. ex Coss.
- Crepis scariosa Willd.
- Crepis taraxacifolia Willd.
- Crepis taraxacifolia subsp. vesicaria (L.) Batt.
- Crepis taraxacifolia var. aissae Hochr.
- Crepis taraxacoides Desf.
- Crepis vesicaria subsp. euvesicaria Maire
- Crepis vesicaria var. longiseta Maire
- Crepis vesicaria var. pectinata (Willk.) Maire
- Crepis vesicaria var. ramosissima Maire
- Crepis vesicaria var. recognita (Hallier f.) Maire
- Crepis vesicaria var. scariosa (Willd.) Bisch.
- Hieracioides vesicaria (L.) Kuntze
- Lagoseris raphanifolia Link
- Lagoseris taraxacoides Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 429 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: jaumecanals, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Toubib at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.