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Crepis runcinata

Common name:		Family:	Compositae
Author:	(James.)Torr.&A.Gray.	Botanical references:
Synonyms:	Crepis glauca ((Nutt.)Torr.&A.Gray.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Western N. America - Washington to California.
Habitat:	Moist, often alkaline meadows, especially in mountains[60].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	0

Other Possible Synonyms:	From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below.
	C. runcinata ssp. glauca[B,P] C. runcinata var. glauca[B,P] Psilochenia runcinata ssp. glauca[B,P]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Fiddle-leaf Hawk's-beard [B], Fiddleleaf Hawksbeard [P], Hawksbeard [E],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	uncinata = hooked;
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Asterales. Renamed to Asteraceae -- Aster family
Other Range Info:	From the Ethnobotany Database
	Us(Meskwaki)

Physical Characteristics

Perennial growing to 0.6m. . The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 0/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

Edible Uses

Leaves[105, 161].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

None known

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

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Propagation

Seed -

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Web References

[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.
[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[C] Taxon data. from the CalFlora database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

References for Crepis runcinata ssp. glauca (a possible synonym).

[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

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Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[60] Hitchcock. C. L. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press 1955
A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader.

[105] Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976
The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.

[161] Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.

Readers Comments

Crepis aurea

Ralf Gering (r.gering@student.uni-tuebingen.de) Tue Dec 18 14:14:18 2001

The flowers of Crepis aurea (German: Gold-Pippau) was used in the Alps to color cheese and to make teas for treating coughs. It grows up to 2,900 metres.

Cross references: Genera: Crepis.

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