''Crepis foetida '' is a
European species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae with the common name stinking hawksbeard.
[ It is widespread across much of Europe and Siberia, as well as being sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the United States and ]Australia
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''Crepis foetida '' is an annual, biennial, or perennial herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 10 flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
, each with 100 or more yellow ray florets but no disc florets.
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
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