608 COMPOSITAE 
oe wes lag nae 1% ice Naked-stemmed Hawksbeard. Fig. 6059. 
ay, Proc. Amer. Acad. 17: 221. 1882. 
pies witermeiie ar ae se rpa A. Gray, ee Fl. N. Amer, 1°: 432. 1884. 
Crepis acuminata var. pleurocarpa Jepson, Man. FI. Pl. Calif. 1011. 1925. 
al, stems mostly 2-4 dm. high, from a simple or 1- forked, thickened caudex 
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form base, the stem-leaves very few, sessile, much reduced abov e; inflorescences mostly f 15-3 
heads, the wine sma au 12-flowered ; involucre land. -campanulate, 8-16 m ong, the phyl- 
laries densely fl tomentulose, the midportion at, Ral ote. ‘glabrate ; inner phytare 
mostly 5(6-8), certie a ith scarious nape fete r 5-6, 1.5-4 mm. long; achenes 5-8 
long, 10-ribbed, dark brown, shorter than the p 
In forests or on rocky slopes, goals Arid Trans sh ion goede Curry County to Douglas County, Oregon, and 
the mountains in adjacent California south to Lake ‘County: oid Wosstebne Mountains in central Washington. 
Type locality: heateaters of the ' Sareaheauis River. Collected by Pringle. June—Aug. 
12. Crepis atribarba Heller. Slender Hawksbeard. Fig. 6060. 
Crepis occidentalis var. gracilis D. C, Eaton, Bot. = Expl. 203. 1871, in part. 
Crepis atribarba Heller, Bull. Torrey Club eo 314. 1899, 
Crepis gracilis Rydb. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: “461. 1900. Not. Hook f. & Thoms. 1876. 
Crepis exilis Osterh. Muhlenbergia 1: 142. 19 n part. 
Crepis atribarba subsp. typica Babe. fat Erba Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 504; Suppl. 1939. 
eoeonis, stems 1.5-3.5 dm. high, rather slender, 1 or 2 from a simple or 1-forked caudex 
and slender woody root, usually branched at or above ‘the middle, ericishitemieheuition, becoming 
glabrate. Basal leave wis cm. long, pinnatifid, with lanceolate attenuate lobes; stem-leaves 
similar, pew aes ced i e, pubescence like the stems; inflorescences of 3-18 heads, the 
heads up to 65-flowered; cine Ke oun campanulate, canescent-tomentulose to glabrate ; 
phyllaries 14 mm. long, lanceo late, the inner and sometimes the outer with black glandless — : 
achene m. long, rather strongly pitied. mostly greenish, about equaling the pappus 
Grassy open places and in yellow pine forests, Arid Transition Zone; common from British Columbia to 
: Montana south : o Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and central Oregon. Type locality : Lake Waha, Nez Perces County, 
daho. May-— 
s atribarba subsp. originalis Babc. & Stebbins, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. No. 504; Suppl. 1939. 
(Crepis a ocladuialis var. gracilis oa Eaton, ore Pray | Expl, 203. 1871, in part; C. ag eth Rydb. em. 
Bot. Gard. 1: 461. 1900, Not Hook. f. & Thoms. 6; C. exilis subsp. originalis Babe. & Stebbins , Carnegie Inst. 
Wash. Pub. No. 504: 162. 1938.) Stem ~ a 3.5-7 dm. high; leaves pinnatifid with linear falcate divisions 
and groaned glabrate; heads 10-40 n inflorescence, ie flowered; pie aries nearly or completely without 
setae. Grassy slopes, mostly at lauae pewwtions than the Keon bod and less common in the Rocky Mo ai 
ein Ty Semcebhe Columbia to Montana south to Utah, Nevada, and c vee Oregon. Type locality: near Hedle 
Brit 
13. Crepis intermédia A. Gray. Intermediate Hawksbeard. Fig. 6061. 
Crepis intermedia A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 12: 432. 1884 
epts acuminata var. duterieedin ral Man. FI. Pl. Calif. 101 1.51925, 
Perennial, 3-7 dm. high, stems 1-2 — a swollen, simple or 1-forked caudex and woody, 
deep- Denier root, rather stout, senda at or above the middle, more or less canescent-tomentose. 
Basal leaves 15-40 cm. ong, pinnatifid, the janeeeiate lobes entire or dentate, narrowed below into 
i i th -leav i e; 
ostl ; 
involucre cylindric-campanulate, 16 mm. long, canescent, glabrous, sometimes with a few g _— 
less setae; inner phyllaries 7-8, lanceolate, outer ba dae 6-8, lanceolate-deltoid, one-fift 
one-third as ode * as the inner ; achenes 5.5-9 mm. long, 10-12-ribbed, vellowinh to brown, toceer 
than ae e€ pappu 
In forests aoe open places, Canadian Zone to Arid Transiti Zone; eastern Washington south to Inyo 
cated hy B Caltornia also southern Alberta to Colorado, northern falsiia 5 ates) New Mexico, Type Seaiie: in aa 
cated ne (Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 22: 601. 1947) as Yosemite Valley, based upon a collection of Bolander. 
14. Crepis barbigera Leiberg ex Coville. Bearded Hawksbeard. Fig. 6062. 
Crepis barbigera Leiberg ex Coville, ae U.S. Nat. Herb. 3: 565. 1896, 
Perennial, stems 1 to several, 2-8 dm. high, from a swollen, simple or 1-2-forked caudex and 
rather yomerg woody root, mostly branched above the middle, the herbage ae to a 
soately ee stout, often with yellow or greenish, nonglandular setae. Basal lea 1-4 a lon 
pinn 
bipinnately toot q or parted, the lobes acute or acuminate, tapering Tbe low 7 yas. 
narrow, pind petiole, the cauline leaves few, similar, encarta length, the estnoet pas rag : 
infloresc of about 7-30 heads, the heads 8-25-flowered ; jeavabier re cylindric, with spreading 
veclicuiel seta ue oapecqgar ge ge phyllaries say ee - lon ng, Lissette acute, the outer less 
than e length of the inner, similar outline; achenes 6.5-10 m ae a gly 
ri , oblon: a with a broad soa olive- -green : a i sHightly — hats ‘the 
Dry open places, Arid Transition Zone; eastern Washington east to northern Idaho and — to ee 
County, eastern Oregon. Type locality: Alkal i Lake, Douglas County, Washington. June—July. 
