Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Smooth Hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris, Lus cúran min
Photographs: Inchigeela, Co. Cork

Smooth Hawksbeard
Crepis capillaris
Lus cúran min
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: June-September. Annual - biennial. Native.

Small yellow flowers with erect buds, the petals often more / less reddish underneath. Hairless glossy leaves, the basal leaves are pinnate with narrow toothed lobes, the upper leaves stalkless, smaller and clasping the stem. Height: 20-90 cm

Very common throughout Ireland but prefers poor, dry acidic soils.

Similar: Beaked Hawksbeard, Crepis vesicaria.

Smooth Hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris, Lus cúran min

Smooth Hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris, Lus cúran min
Smooth Hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris, Lus cúran min

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