[The Sunflower Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Alpine Hawksbeard, Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard

Crepis nana

Synonyms: Crepis nana ssp. nana, Crepis nana ssp. typica, Crepis nana var. lyratifolia, Crepis nana ssp. ramosa

Flower head of Alpine Hawksbeard, Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard: Crepis nana (Synonyms: Crepis nana ssp. nana, Crepis nana ssp. typica, Crepis nana var. lyratifolia, Crepis nana ssp. ramosa)

The photo above shows a close-up of the involucral bracts of a flower head of alpine hawksbeard. Photographed in a wash at the east side of Highway Pass, Denali National Park and Preserve...........August 23, 2006.

Alpine Hawksbeard, Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard: Crepis nana (Synonyms: Crepis nana ssp. nana, Crepis nana ssp. typica, Crepis nana var. lyratifolia, Crepis nana ssp. ramosa) - Alpine Hawksbeard, Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard: Crepis nana (Synonyms: Crepis nana ssp. nana, Crepis nana ssp. typica, Crepis nana var. lyratifolia, Crepis nana ssp. ramosa)

Alpine dwarf hawksbeard as seen on the river bar along Gorge Creek, about one mile east of Eielson Visitors Center, Denali National Park and Preserve.............June 20, 2012.

Alpine Hawksbeard, Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard: Crepis nana (Synonyms: Crepis nana ssp. nana, Crepis nana ssp. typica, Crepis nana var. lyratifolia, Crepis nana ssp. ramosa)

The photo above shows alpine hawksbeard as seen from a bank above the park road near Eilson Visitor's Center, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 27, 2002.

Basal leaf rosette of Alpine Hawksbeard, Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard: Crepis nana (Synonyms: Crepis nana ssp. nana, Crepis nana ssp. typica, Crepis nana var. lyratifolia, Crepis nana ssp. ramosa)

A close-up of the basal rosette of leaves of alpine hawksbeard. Note how the blades taper abruptly to the long, narrow petiole. Photographed in a wash at the east side of Highway Pass, Denali National Park and Preserve...............August 23, 2006.

Alpine Hawksbeard, Dwarf Alpine Hawksbeard: Crepis nana (Synonyms: Crepis nana ssp. nana, Crepis nana ssp. typica, Crepis nana var. lyratifolia, Crepis nana ssp. ramosa)

Alpine hawksbeard going to seed in a wash at the east side of Highway Pass, Denali National Park and Preserve..............August 23, 2006.

Paul Slichter