Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 805 (1753) subsp. haenseleri (Boiss. ex DC.) Sell, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71:254 (1975).

Synonymy: Barkhausia haenseleri Boiss. ex DC., Prod. 7:153 (1838); C. taraxacifolia Thuill., Fl. Paris 409 (1799); C. vesicaria L. subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.)Thell. ex Schinz & R. Keller, Fl. Schweiz 361 (1914); C biennis sensu Jessop, List Vasc. Pl. S. Aust. 17 (1983), non L.

Common name: Dandelion hawksbeard, dandelion crepis.

Description:
Annual or biennial herb 5-70 cm high; stems erect, branched, sparsely hispidulous to glabrous, striate; basal leaves oblanceolate, acute, attenuate at the base, 5-20 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, dentate to runcinate-pinnatipartite with denticulate margins, finely scabrous; cauline leaves few, the lowest lanceolate, pinnatisect, amplexicaul with acuminate auricles, those above progressively reduced to filiform bracts c. 1 cm long.

Capitula numerous, on glabrous to hispidulous peduncles 1-12 cm long in a corymbose panicle; involucres 8-12 cm long, 4-7 mm diam.; outer bracts lanceolate, subequal, to half the length of the inner ones, dark, scarious; inner bracts dark-green with pale tomentum, appressed-pubescent on the inner surface; receptacle hairy; florets 25-60; ligules cuneate, 6-8 mm long.

Achenes fusiform, 10-ribbed, 6-8 mm long including a filiform beak 2-3 mm long, scabridulous, brown; pappus bristles 1- or 2-seriate, 4-6 mm long, subequal, white, caducous.

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1962) Drawings Brit. Pl. 17:t. 32.

Distribution:  On roadsides and other disturbed sites in forest and scrub.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Some collections from the Mt Gambier area have woody rootstocks and markedly hispidulous peduncles, approaching the subspecies stellata (Ball) Babcock.

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