Crepis capillaris
Common name
hawksbeard
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CRECAP
Flower colours
Yellow
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
S. and C. Europe
Etymology
crepis: From the Greek krepis ‘sandal’, reference unclear
capillaris: From the Latin capillus ‘hair’ or ‘thread’, meaning hair-like or thread-like