Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Beaked Hawk's-beard, Crepis vesicaria, Lus cúráin gobach
Photographs: Inchidoney, Co. Cork

Beaked Hawk's-beard
Crepis vesicaria
Lus cúráin gobach
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering May-July. Usually biennial. Introduced.

Yellow flowers, outer florets usually reddish-orange underneath, and slightly hairy bracts below flowers. Erect buds and fruits (achenes) with long, slender beaks. Stem base reddish, basal leaves deeply pinnate with end lobe largest and smaller upper leaves. Hairy/downy plant. 30-75cm.

Found on dry soils on banks, roadsides, waste ground and gravel pits. Most frequent in southern and central Ireland,

Similar: Rough Hawk's-beard

Beaked Hawk's-beard, Crepis vesicaria, Lus cúráin gobach

Beaked Hawk's-beard, Crepis vesicaria, Lus cúráin gobach
Beaked Hawk's-beard, Crepis vesicaria, Lus cúráin gobach

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