Crepis capillaris
Smooth Hawksbeard at Illilanga & Baroona
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| Crepis capillaris | MichaelMulvaney | 1 Jan 2019 | |
| Crepis capillaris | Illilanga | 15 Dec 2018 |
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3 comments
16 Dec 2018
There are several genera of yellow daisies like this in the CNM area. One of the most important characters to tell them apart is whether the green bracts hugging the base of the flower hapead are in one row or more than one row.
Another is whether the leaves are solely in a basal rosette or whether the plant has leaves up the stem. In a messy environment as shown in your photos, if you do not wish to donsome gardening so that it is easy to see this feature in photos, field notes are essential.
Those two features will at least narrow down the candidates. Unfortunately, the Vicflora key uses characters of the seeds to get it to genus from then on. However, I noticed that Vicflora now has what they call a mukti-access key for daisies. It requires Java, so I cannot use it on my ipad. You could try that.
https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/keys/asteraceae
Another is whether the leaves are solely in a basal rosette or whether the plant has leaves up the stem. In a messy environment as shown in your photos, if you do not wish to donsome gardening so that it is easy to see this feature in photos, field notes are essential.
Those two features will at least narrow down the candidates. Unfortunately, the Vicflora key uses characters of the seeds to get it to genus from then on. However, I noticed that Vicflora now has what they call a mukti-access key for daisies. It requires Java, so I cannot use it on my ipad. You could try that.
https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/keys/asteraceae
16 Dec 2018
Thanks for the info. I'll keep that in mind. If the plants are still in flower I will try and get a sharp photo of a flower from the side, a phots of the rosette (or lack of) and maybe some seeds if there are any, as some of the flowers were heading toward that stage. I'll try the key as well.
16 Dec 2018
If you want to collect ripe seeds before they blow away, tie the foot of a stocking over the flower.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.158150-35.784093
- Altitude 779.8m
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 3 Dec 2018 01:11 PM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Collections
- Illilanga Completed Plants Daisies Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crepis capillaris
Species information
- Crepis capillaris Scientific name
- Smooth Hawksbeard Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1677.6m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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