Beaked Hawksbeard

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Crepis vesicaria

Beaked Hawksbeard, a reference photo
Photo: Manfred Moitzi · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Crepis vesicaria is a European species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with the common name beaked hawk's-beard. It is native to the Western and Southern Europe from Ireland and Portugal east as far as Germany, Austria, and Greece. It became naturalized in scattered locations in North America.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Beaked Hawksbeard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Crepis
Species
Crepis vesicaria

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