Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Crepis capillaris
Common name
Smooth hawksbeard
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Dry forest, grassy areas, roadsides, and disturbed sites. Widespread.
Notes
Introduced annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herb to 1.2 m tall. Stems sparsely rough-hairy to hairless, upper stems sticky. Basal leaves withering early, 5-25 cm long, 10-50 mm wide, hairless to hairy, margins toothed to lobed and toothed, tips more or less pointed. Stem leaves alternating up the stems, smaller, mostly narrow, stem-clasping with pointed basal lobes. Flower heads with many yellow 'petals' often with a pink or red stripe on the backs of the 'petals'. 'Petals' 5-9 mm long. Flower heads behind the 'petals' 5-6 mm in diameter, approximately bell-shaped. Flowers Summer to Autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Crepis~capillaris (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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