Crepis capillaris

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Crepis
Species:	Crepis capillaris (L.) Wallr.
Common Name	Smooth Hawksbeard
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: Yes; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Duration: Annual; Duration: Biennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Dissection: 0.5; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	N/A
Status	Not Native; AGCP (UPL), EMP (UPL) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Malacothrix crepoides	Malacothrix crepoides

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Campbell (KY), Fayette (KY), Jefferson (KY), Pendleton (KY), Anderson (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Hawkins (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Polk (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1971 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100234135	Carroll	Tennessee	09 May 1971	Betty Toler Allman 126	EKY Crepis capillaris
N/A	Barren	Kentucky	03 Jun 1993	Charles J. Lapham 83	EKY Crepis capillaris
31234100234077	Fayette	Kentucky		E. J. Kinney	EKY Crepis capillaris
ETSU007004	Unicoi	Tennessee	19 Jul 2016	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	16 Jul 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	22 Sep 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU005731	Carter	Tennessee	24 Jun 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	17 Aug 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	19 Jun 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	14 Jun 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU007007	Carter	Tennessee	18 Oct 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	15 Sep 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU007005	Unicoi	Tennessee	06 Aug 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU007006	Unicoi	Tennessee	23 Jun 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	18 Aug 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
31973000005546	Campbell	Kentucky	26 Jun 1978	Thieret, John	KNK Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239668	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239669	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239680	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239665	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239675	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239674	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239667	Carroll	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239671	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239679	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239673	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239677	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239670	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239676	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239681	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239672	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
TENN-V-0239678	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Crepis capillaris
APSC0070580	Jefferson	Kentucky	10 Jun 1988	Max Medley	APSC Crepis capillaris
APSC0070344	Jefferson	Kentucky	10 Jun 1988	Max Medley	APSC Crepis capillaris
MTSU021534	Coffee	Tennessee	17 Apr 2001	Steve Samoray 15	MTSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU034067	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU011936	Johnson	Tennessee	03 Jun 2013	Frosty Levy 13068	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU005556	Unicoi	Tennessee	09 Jun 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	09 Jun 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	30 May 2018	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	14 Jun 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	01 Jul 2016	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU005587	Unicoi	Tennessee	29 Jun 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU008011	Anderson	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	04 Jul 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Crepis capillaris
31973000005534	Pendleton	Kentucky	17 Aug 1983	Buddell, George 1336	KNK Crepis capillaris
ETSU034075	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU011940	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU025536	Johnson	Tennessee	25 Jul 2013	Foster Levy / Adam McCullough DOEM 0164	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU011932	Unicoi	Tennessee		RF2698	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU025709	Johnson	Tennessee	24 Sep 2013	Adam McCullough DOEM 0341	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU034071	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
APSC0026776	Carter	Tennessee			APSC Crepis capillaris
ETSU032540	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU034073	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
N/A	Washington	Tennessee	10 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Crepis capillaris
APSC0070343	Jefferson	Kentucky	18 Jun 1988	Max Medley	APSC Crepis capillaris
APSC0024815	Van Buren	Tennessee			APSC Crepis capillaris
HTTU028418	Johnson	Tennessee			HTTU Crepis capillaris
ETSU025744	Johnson	Tennessee	01 Oct 2013	Adam McCullough DOEM 0376	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU034074	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU027381	Johnson	Tennessee	13 Sep 2013	Frosty Levy 13619	ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU034072	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU026072	Washington	Tennessee	10 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19235	ETSU Crepis capillaris
HTTU028419	Johnson	Tennessee			HTTU Crepis capillaris
ETSU011939	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU030280	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU011938	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Crepis capillaris
ETSU025630	Johnson	Tennessee	01 Sep 2013	Foster Levy, Adam McCullough DOEM 0259	ETSU Crepis capillaris

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