[Hawksbeards: The Genus Crepis in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]
Bearded Hawksbeard
Crepis barbigera
Synonym: Crepis atribarba ssp. originalis
The photo above shows the inflorescence of bearded hawksbeard as seen from the crest of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of Dallesport, WA.............. July 7, 2006.
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photo at right shows the inflorescence of bearded hawksbeard as seen at the crest of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of the Dallesport, WA...............July 7, 2006. This species typically has 6-70 flowerheads per inflorescence, each head with 8-25 flowers.
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Habitat:
Range:
In the Columbia River Gorge, bearded hawksbeard may be
found between the elevations of 100'-3000' from the eastern edge of the Major Creek Plateau eastward towards Rock Creek.
The photo above shows the ventral surface of a basal leaf of bearded hawksbeard as seen from the crest of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of Dallesport, WA.........July 7, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of a flowerhead of bearded hawksbeard as seen from the crest of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of Dallesport, WA.........July 7, 2006.
The photo above shows the involucral bracts of bearded hawksbeard as seen from the crest of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of Dallesport, WA.........July 7, 2006. Note the spreading appendages from the base and tips of each lobe.
The photo above shows bearded hawksbeard as seen in grasslands the crest of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of Dallesport, WA........July 7, 2006.
The photo above shows the involucral bracts of bearded hawksbeard as seen from the crest of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of Dallesport, WA.........July 7, 2006.Note that the outer series of bracts are short and triangular in outline at the base of the involucre, while the inner series of bracts are longer.
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Close-up of the involucral bracts and dorsal leaf surface bearded hawksbeard. Photographed along the summit of the Columbia Hills to the northeast of The Dalles, OR........June 3, 2009.
Paul Slichter