Crepis vesicaria ssp taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell. ex Schinz & R. Keller
(Beaked Hawk’s-beard)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesCrepis vesicaria ssp taraxacifolia (Beaked Hawk’s-beard)
SpeciesCrepis vesicaria (Beaked Hawk’s-beard)
GenusCrepis (hawk’s-beards)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Crepis vesicaria ssp taraxacifolia (Beaked Hawk’s-beard) :
1: Crepis vesicaria ssp taraxacifolia (Beaked Hawk’s-beard)
27 May 2011 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in flower in pony paddock
Image 1: Capitula - oblique view - close-up - black backgroundImage 2: Capitula - open and buds - white backgroundImage 3: Capitulum buds - white backgroundImage 4: Capitulum buds - white background (2)Image 5: Capitulum - oblique view - close-up - black backgroundImage 6: Capitulum - side view - close-up - black backgroundImage 7: Capitulum - side view - close-up - white backgroundImage 8: Capitulum - side view - close-up - white background (2)Image 9: Capitulum - side view - close-up - white background (3)Image 10: Cauline leaf - white backgroundImage 11: Flowering plantImage 12: Inflorescence - oblique view - close-up - natural backgroundImage 13: Inflorescence - side view - close-up - white backgroundImage 14: Inflorescence - side view - close-up - white background (2)Image 15: Inflorescence - top view - close-up - dark backgroundImage 16: Inflorescence - top view - close-up - natural backgroundImage 17: Inflorescence - top view - close-up - white backgroundImage 18: Leaf - cauline - white backgroundImage 19: Leaf rosetteImage 20: Leaves - basal - white backgroundImage 21: Leaves - lower basal (L) and basal (R) - white backgroundImage 22: Leaves - lower basal - white backgroundImage 23: Peduncle and bract - close-up - white backgroundImage 24: Rachis - close-up - black backgroundImage 25: Capitulum - LS - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 26: Capitulum - side view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 27: Capitulum - side view - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 28: Capitulum - side view - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 29: Capitulum - side view - close-up - enlarged - white background (4)Image 30: Capitulum - side view - close-up - enlarged - white background (5)Image 31: Florets (ray and disc) with pappus - enlarged - white backgroundImage 32: Stipule - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 33: Stipule - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 34: Stipules - close-up - enlarged - white background
2: Crepis vesicaria ssp taraxacifolia (Beaked Hawk’s-beard)
19 May 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in road verge
Image 1: CapitulumImage 2: Capitulum with beetleImage 3: Capitulum with beetle (2)Image 4: InflorescenceImage 5: Plants - in situImage 6: Capitula at various stages - enlargedImage 7: Capitula - in seed - LSImage 8: Capitula - in seed - LS - enlargedImage 9: Capitula - in seed - LS - enlarged (2)Image 10: Capitula - young fruit - LS - enlargedImage 11: Capitula - young fruit - LS - magnifiedImage 12: CapitulumImage 13: Capitulum - enlargedImage 14: Capitulum - in flower - LSImage 15: Capitulum - ripening fruit - enlargedImage 16: Capitulum showing backs of floretsImage 17: Capitulum - young fruit - LS - enlargedImage 18: Florets - magnifiedImage 19: Inflorescence - side viewImage 20: Inflorescence - side view (2)Image 21: Inflorescences - side viewImage 22: Leaf - cauline - from upper stem - top surfaceImage 23: Leaf - cauline - from upper stem - under surfaceImage 24: Leaf - from lower stem - top surfaceImage 25: Leaf - from lower stem - top surface - apex - magnifiedImage 26: Leaf - from lower stem - top surface - base - magnifiedImage 27: Leaf - from lower stem - under surfaceImage 28: Leaf - from lower stem - under surface - magnifiedImage 29: Phyllaries - inner surfaces - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 30: Phyllaries - inner surfaces - magnified - pale backgroundImage 31: Phyllaries - outer surfaces - magnified - dark background

Crepis vesicaria ssp taraxacifolia (Beaked Hawk’s-beard) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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