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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell., 1914

Common names

  • 🇫🇷 Crépide à feuilles de pissenlit, Barkhausie à feuilles de Pissenlit, Crépide de Haenseler, Crépis à feuilles de pissenlit

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superasterids
  • Clade: Asterids
  • Clade: Campanulids
  • Order: Asterales
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Subfamily: Cichorioideae
  • Tribe: Cichorieae
  • Subtribe: Crepidinae
  • Genus: Crepis
  • Species: Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Subspecies whose terminal segment of the lower leaves measures less than half the length of the leaf blade.

Possible confusion with C. biennis L., 1753, whose peripheral ray flowers are not streaked with red.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • C. vesicaria subsp. andryaloides (Lowe) Babc., 1939;
  • C. vesicaria subsp. bivonana (Soldano & F.Conti) Giardina & Raimondo, 2007;
  • C. vesicaria subsp. hyemalis (Biv.) Babc., 1941;
  • C. vesicaria subsp. myriocephala (Batt.) Babc., 1941;
  • C. vesicaria subsp. proleptica Babc., 1947;
  • C. vesicaria subsp. stellata (Ball) Babc., 1941, M;
  • C. vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell., 1914, P;
  • C. vesicaria subsp. vesicaria L., 1753, Y.

Photographs

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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia
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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia
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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia - Peripheral ray flowers streaked with red
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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia - Flower buds
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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia - Flower buds
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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia - Cauline leaves
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Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia - Basal leaf

Sources

  • Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 431). Biotope.