Crepis aurea (L.) Cass.
- Dataset
- Cichorieae Systematics Portal
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Cassini, A.G.H. de 1822 – In: Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 25
Classification
- genus
- Crepis
- species
- Crepis aurea
Description
Herb, perennial, (2)-5-20-(30) cm high. Caudex swollen, branched or simple. Flowering stems 1-8, scapelike, terete, rarely glandular, glabrous or hirsute above, striate, rarely branched. Rosette leaves elliptic to obovate, 1.0-11.0 cm long, (0.3)-0.5-2.0-(3.0) cm wide, pinnatifid or entire, dentate or entire, acute or often mucronate, glabrous. Cauline leaves few or absent, reduced to scales. Heads with 20-30-(50) flowers. Involucre at flowering campanulate, 6.0-11.0 mm long, at flowering 4.0-7.0 mm in diameter, dark green, glabrous, tomentose or hirsute; outer involucral bracts linear, obtuse, margin minutely ciliate at apex; inner involucral bracts narrowly ovate or oblong, 11.0-13.0-(16.0) mm long. Receptacle shortly ciliate, areolate or alveolate. Corolla ligulate, 7.0-16.0 mm long, reddish, orange and yellow; ligule 6.0-7.0 mm long, up to 2.0 mm wide, reddish purple on outer face. Anthertube 3.0 mm long; apical appendages 0.5 mm long. Style branches up to 2.0 mm long, yellow or green. Achenes fusiform in outline, 5.0-5.5-(6.0) mm long, smooth or muricate, subterete, pale brown, with 16-18 ribs, strongly attenuate. Pappus white, 4.0-6.0 mm long, persistent, flexible.\r\rBased on: Babcock, E. B. 1947: The genus Crepis 2. – Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 22; Kamari, G. 1991: 39. Crepis L. - Pp. 576-595 in: Strid, A. & Tan K. (ed.), Mountain Flora of Greece 2. – Edinburgh; Lamond, J. M. 1975: 129. Crepis L. – Pp. 814-696. in: Davis, P. H. et al (ed.), Flora of Turkey 5 – Edinburgh.
Chromosome numbers
x = 5; diploid and tetraploid (Siljak-Yakovlev 2020).
Name
- Synonyms
- Andryala aurea (L.) Scop.
- Apargia aurea (L.) F. W. Schmidt
- Aracium aureum (L.) D. Dietr.
- Berinia aurea (L.) Sch. Bip.
- Brachyderea aurea (L.) Sch. Bip.
- Calliopea aurea (L.) D. Don
- Crepis aurea subsp. typica Babc.
- Crepis aurea var. halleriana Froel.
- Crepis aurea var. typica Fiori
- Crepis kitaibelii Froel.
- Geracium aureum (L.) Rchb.
- Hieracioides aurea (L.) Kuntze
- Hieracium aureum (L.) Scop.
- Leontodon aureus L.
- Soyeria aurea (L.) Mutel
- Homonyms
- Crepis aurea (L.) Cass.
- Common names
- Crépide dorée in French
- Crépide orangée in French
- Crépide orangée in French
- Crépis doré in French
- Crépis orangé in French
- Gold-Pippau in German
- Gold-Pippau in German
- Pępawa złota in Polish
- Radicchiella aranciata in Italian
- Radicchiella aranciata in Italian
- Uludağ kıskısı in Turkish
- Zlatni dimak in language.
Bibliographic References
- Cassini, A.G.H. de 1822 – In: Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 25