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Crepis

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prop. n.1.A genus of plants including the hawk's beard; cosmopolitan in the northern hemisphere.
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Noun1.Crepis - hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere
genus Crepis
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
hawk's-beard, hawk's-beards - any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
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Species good for cutting are Cosmos of all forms, but try Cosmos 'Double Click' and 'Psyche White'; aster, bedding-dahlias, godetia, clarkia, sweet William, Brompton stocks, sunflowers, Rudbeckia hirta 'Kelveden Star', Rudbeckia hirta 'Green Eyes', Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun', Scabiosa 'Ebony & Ivor', Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise' and Mayfield Giant', Sweet-smelling Resedia odorata, Crepis aurea, Gaillardia pulchella, Centaurea cyanus (cornflowers) and Larkspur.
Sowing the seeds of success.. by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
CAPTION(S): DISCOVERY Crepis mollis - northern hawk's-beard.
RARITY RETURNS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
A member of Northumberland Wildlife Trust found five Northern Hawk's-beard, or crepis mollis plants, at one of the Trust's smallest nature reserves, the Williamston Nature Reserve at Slaggyford on the South Tyne.
Rare plant spotted by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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