Common name
English: Smooth Hawksbeard
German: Grüner Pippau, Kleinköpfiger Pippau
Portuguese: Almeirão-Branco, Almeirôa, Barba-De-Falcão
English: Smooth Hawksbeard
German: Grüner Pippau, Kleinköpfiger Pippau
Portuguese: Almeirão-Branco, Almeirôa, Barba-De-Falcão
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Asterales (236)
Family: Asteraceae (220)(family description)
Genus: Crepis (4)
Epithet: capillaris (L.) Wallr. (1)
Synonyms: Berinia pinnatifida Sch.Bip., Crepis agrestis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd., Crepis bauhiniana Tausch, Crepis candollei Sch.Bip., Crepis cooperi A.Gray, Crepis diffusa DC., Crepis dioscoridis Pourr., Crepis druceana Murr, Crepis gaditana Boiss., Crepis humilis Gaudin, Crepis lanceolata Kit., Crepis leiosperma Gaud., Crepis linifolia Thuill., Crepis longe-pinnatifida Chev., Crepis lusitanica Boiss. ex Sch.Bip., Crepis neglecta Bieb., Crepis nemorum Pourr., Crepis parviflora Moench, Crepis pinnatifida Willd., Crepis polymorpha Wallr., Crepis pulchra Scop., Crepis sagittata Schur, Crepis tectorum Huds., Crepis umbellata Thuill., Crepis uniflora Thuill., Crepis variabilis Krock., Crepis virens L., Hieracium pulchrum Froel., Hieracium virens (Vill.) E.H.L.Krause, Lapsana capillaris L., Malacothrix crepoides A.Gray
agrestis => wild on arable land
candollei => in honor of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1774–1841), Swiss botanist
capillaris => fine as hair
cooperi => named in honour of Sir Daniel Cooper (1821-1902)
diffusa => spread about, wildly or loosely spreading
dioscoridis => in honor of Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90), Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist employed as a medic in the Roman army
gaditana => from Cádiz, Spain
humilis => of low growth
lanceolata => lancet-like in form
linifolia => leaves like Linum (flax)
lusitanica => from Portugal
neglecta => unobserved, insignificant
nemorum => of woods, sylvan
parviflora => small flowers
polymorpha => having many forms of the same organ
pulchra => beautiful
sagittata => possessing or resembling an arrow
umbellata => having the inflorescence in umbels or umbrella form
uniflora => one-flowered
variabilis => variable, not constant
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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