''Crepis foetida '' is a

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an species of flowering plant in the family

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, as well as being sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the

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, or

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herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 10

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, each with 100 or more yellow

ray florets The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

but no

disc floret The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

s. ;Subspecies * ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''foetida'' * ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''glandulosa'' (C.Presl) Arcang. * ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''rhoeadifolia'' (M.Bieb.) Čelak.

References

External links

Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora
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Moravskoslezská pobočka, ''Crepis foetida subsp. foetida'' – škarda smrdutá pravá
in Czech with photos
Portale Sulla Flora del Basso Corso del Lamone (Prov. Ravenna), ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''foetida''
in Italian with numerous photos
Flore Alpes
in French with photos foetida Flora of Europe Flora of Siberia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Cichorieae-stub