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Marsh Hawk's-Beard

Marsh Hawk's-Beard

Crepis paludosa

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How common: Common

Marsh Hawk's-Beard is a tall, yellow-flowered perennial of wet ground. You can spot it in damp woods, by springs and streams, and on wet meadows and fens. Its bright, dandelion-like heads stand in a loose, branching cluster on a mostly unbranched stem.

Did you know?

  • The green cup under each flower head has dark bristles and tiny black dots — a distinctive clue.
  • Its seeds ride the wind on pale silky hairs, much like a dandelion.

About the species

Identification

30–80 cm tall, mostly unbranched, sometimes dividing near the top into a loose spray. Lower leaves large, on stalks, bluish beneath, oval with coarse teeth; upper leaves smaller, toothed, and wrapping around the stem. Many long-stalked, bright yellow heads about 3 cm across, like small dandelions, in a loose cluster. The green cup below each head is covered with dark bristles and tiny black bumps. Seeds are narrow with a pale, silky tuft. Can be confused with hawkweeds; pick Marsh Hawk's-Beard when the site is very wet and the cups are dark-bristly. Flowers in June–July in Finland.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

mire

Flowering

Jun–Jul

About the habitat

Grows in wet, nutrient-rich places: wet meadows and fens, around springs, along stream banks, and in damp woodland. Fairly common in southern and central Finland.

Sources

Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/6273534376

Text: Pinkka: BIO-503 Suomen kasvisto ja kasvillisuus - Kulttuuriympäristöt: niityt, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39951

Text: Pinkka: Kasvitieteen retkeily Ahvenanmaalle - Nåtö ja Västerskog, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39951

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suokeltto

See also