Crepis rubra

Crepis rubra

  • Crepis rubra
  • Crepis rubra
  • Crepis rubra
  • Crepis rubra
  • Crepis rubra
  • Crepis rubra
  • Flower name
    Crepis rubra
  • Scientific name
    Crepis rubra
  • Aliasクレピス, 桃色蒲公英, Crepis
  • Place of originsouthern part of Europe such as Crete and Balkan Peninsula in southern Italy
  • Place of floweringGarden, Potted flower
  • Flowering seasonApril, May, June, July

What is Crepis rubra

Crepis rubra or pink hawk's-beard (scientific name: Crepis rubra) is native to southern part of Europe such as Crete and Balkan Peninsula in southern Italy, and is a cold-resistant annual grass of the family Asteraceae. Flowers blooming like a pink yellow dandelion blooming in spring. It is similar to dandelion that milky white liquid comes out when you hurt the stem. The representative variety is this rubra, but there is also white flower. I will plant it in a flowerbed or a container.

Generic name: Crepis rubra, Scientific name: Crepis rubra, aka: Crepis, pink hawk's-beard, Origin: Southern Italy, Crete, Balkan Peninsula, southern Europe such as Crete and Balkan Peninsula, flower season: April to July, plant height: 30 to 60 cm, flower size: 3 to 5 cm, flower color: peach · white.


  • Order
    Asterales
  • Family
    Asteraceae
  • Genus
    Crepis
  • Species
    C. rubra
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Corymbose inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Tongue-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Feather shape
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typecold-resistant annual grass
  • Flower colorsPink
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height30.0 ~ 60.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.0 ~ 5.0 cm

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