Striped hawksbeard

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Crepis zacintha

Striped hawksbeard, a reference photo
Photo: L. K. Holt · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Crepis zacintha, the striped hawksbeard, is a plant species native to southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Albania, Bulgaria, etc.) but now naturalized on roadsides and other disturbed sites in Texas, Israel, Cyprus, and the United Kingdom.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Striped 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 zacintha

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