606 COMPOSITAE 
7. Crepis occidentalis Nutt. Western Hawksbeard. Fig. 6055. 
Crepis occidentalis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 29. 1834. 
Perennial, stems 1-3, fog stly 1-4 dm. high from a somewhat swollen Nae and long slender 
root, ‘es stems and leav » witha close dense tomentum. Basal leaves long, variable, 
laciniate-dentate to pinnatifd w ith toothed ety ‘the stem-leaves somewhat feduced and sessile; 
ads 12- ed 
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10 mm. long, af ribbed, slightly attenuate at the apex, mostly medium brown, saepaltat t 
shorter ore the pus. 
Dry rocky ens ie Transition Zone; southeastern Washington south pote: Nevada and northeastern 
California heme the east face of the an Nevada to the Mount Pinos region and Bear Valley in the San Ber- 
nar 7 va ns; also from Idaho and w n Wyoming south to New ee Type I ocality: “‘on the borders 
an the Wicinity of the river Columbia. , timid: Bd id hers May—Jul 
is occidentalis ra costata (A. Gray) Babe. & Stebbins, Ciriveiss Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 504: 124. 
1938" “Ct repis occidentalis var. costata A. Gray, Bot. Calif, 1: 435. 1876; C. grandifolia Greene, Pittonia 3: 107. 
1896.) Stems —4 reaps Bah involucres, peduncles, and usually the upper cauline leaves with conspicuous, dark 
Garey pate). gland. Seped setae; gare ory rather narrow, of 15-30 heads, the heads 10—14-flowered, usually 
= I 8 in phyllaries. Gravel y or ro open slopes and flats; common from British Columbia southward, 
the Ca Bite Mountains, to motthark: California and east to South Dakota. Type locality: Stansbury Island, 
Peng pe Lake, Utah. 
repis occidentalis f Sueae. poets (Rydb.) Babe. & Stebbins, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 504: 128. 
3 (Crepis pumila Rydb m: N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: Re a 0.) Stems 1-4 dm. high, Prag 8 above, 
glandular pene eoeeeerety See ie heads few to many, 1 0-flowered, the inner phyllar Rocky open 
slopes and flats, ring locally in the mountains of ti ble x iA and eastern Washingtin io more com- 
mon in Nevada, teas ae rn | pote California as far south as Kern and Ventura Counties. Type locality: 
Bridger Mountains, Montan 
repis occidentalis oe sp. conjuncta (Jepson) Babe. & Stebbins, Carnegie Inst. Wash, Pub. No. 504: 134. 
1938. (Crepis ses Sen var. fouivacta Jepson ex mers * Sg trig, (oc. cit. : (Ge porienigec var. nevadensis 
Kell. Proc. Serer Acad. 5:50. 1873, in part.) Stems 0.5—2 high, branched from near the base, the cg ches 
Counties, Oregon, and the mountains of adjacent California south to Mendocino County, and souk A n the Sierr: 
Nevada _to Placer County; also southeastern Washington and wtheecatet? gr pioac Type aeality: Cisco, 
Placer County, California 
8. Crepis bakeri Greene. Baker’s Hawksbeard. Fig. 6056. 
Crepis bakeri Greene, Erythea 3: 73. 1895. 
ennial, stems 0.8-3 dm. high Ries a Sety ine ex and slender fee pom 
reddis 
also glandular, the stem-leaves few, reduced above, sessile; inflorescences ds, the 
eads large, 11-40-flowered, on stout peduncles; involucres 11-20 mm. high, vhroadle cylindric to 
cyathiform, dark green; inner phyllaries 10-14, lanceolate, sparsely toatl entose and cons es Vv 
to irds i 
- a. 
mm. long, slightly contracted at the a pet 13-ribbed, yellowish to dark brown, ‘ie. pappus 
about equalling to a aa — than 1 ac hen 
Rocky slop rid Transition Zone; wakes Washington in Klickitat and Kittitas Counties; 
outhern Draka in Cake, ghee od “Josephine ig ooret in California south in the Coast Ranges to Mendo- 
cino ty a Pe oy in eastern California from Cou o Placer County. Type locality: Egg Lake, Modoc 
oun 
bakeri uae cusickii (Eastw.) Babe. & Stebbins, epeste Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 504: 140. 1938. 
oat se ‘sick Eastw. ae oye Club 30: ae 1903.) Di ig g from C. baher. rscrong” Sobers in having 
involucres 10-14 mm. long in flower. 13-17 m * ve in fruit, the p: s 6-9 mm. long, and 
achen atten mel at the Be rather than ‘ef seresty bisected: Lake and Jackson Uatiaicn, Gran, — to 
Siskiyou and Lassen Counties, California. Type locality: 15 miles east of Ashiand, Jackson County, Oregon 
9. Crepis eee Greene. Low Hawksbeard. Fig. 6057. 
oo eeaggelst da Greene Jey 1895. 
ovi ille, Con r-U.S. tate Herb. $2565. pl. 24. 1896. 
erennials, rcs 1 to several, rather slender, 0.5-4 dm. high, from a simple or 2-4-forked 
caudex and woody root, sparsely leafy, branching above, glabrate to tomentulose and bear- 
ing stiff sella setae. Basal leaves narrowly elliptic in outline and deeply pinnatifid or bipin- 
natifid, the segments acute; stem-leaves sessile, less divided, glabrate or tomentulose but bearing 
some stiff yellowish setae on the is; inflorescence of 1-8 heads, the heads 10-60-flowered ; 
involucre cylindric-campanulate, the phyllaries 13-16 mm. long, i ther | ire beset throughout 
with stiff black setae; achenes 7-12 mm. long, som ewhat striate to nearly smooth, dark, greenish 
black to reddish brown, mostly oT the pappus in length. 
Sagebrush slopes a Arid Transition and Canadian Zones; Montana to British Columbia south- 
ward, east of the Camtede ¢ Mountains ios one — ad Washingt ging to northeastern California and east to Colorado. 
Type loc ssa lava beds, y, Califor 
= odocensis Ae i bia (Kell, Babe. ie meee. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. No. ima ie. 
1938. (Crepis occidentalis yvar.- Subacerts Kell. Proc. Calif. sap i 50. 38745 og . occidentalis var. nevaden 
Kell. loc. cit.) Stout stems 6-20 c high branching from e base; setae of stem and petiole straight 
an a a involucres sparsely heset with black setae, oe se Rapes 7 A 0.13.5 mm. long, than 
eq the achenes, which a rede rk, re or less brownish, and not on all beaked. 
atom places, greet r Mountains. Take sg ot Oregon, south t Bearaid County, California, and also in 
the pate Bernardin no Mou Type locality: Cisco, Plac r Cou unty, Californ 
s modocensis Sigel (Cov.) Pele, & Stebhine, Carnegie tisk Wash. Pub. No. 504: 152. 1938. 
{Ci Se dy i usivate Coville, cone U.S. Nat. Herb. 3: 564. pi. 25. 1896; C. occidentalis var. crinita A. Gray, Bot. 
