Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia (M. Bieb.) Čelak.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCompositae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Crepis// Species:  Crepis foetida L.// Subspecies: Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia (M. Bieb.) Čelak.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Sell (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from West and South Europe to East Europe and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Hill pastures, rocky terrains, disturbed ground, roadsides.

Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL, AUG).

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 16.07.2022.

 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – involucre. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – involucre. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – fruiting capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – fruiting capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – fruiting capitulum with ripe achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – upper cauline leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – upper cauline leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – lower cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – adaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia – abaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia. Left: receptacle with ciliate pits. Right: inner achenes with long beak and marginal achenes with attenuate body. Scale in mm. Specimen from Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia (M.Bieb.) Čelak. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77181783-1 [Accessed 21.07.2022].

Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/31098c2e-530e-43ba-b9e6-e6ac900f3d6c [Accessed 04.04.2026].

Sell, P. D. 1976. Crepis L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 344–357.

Last update: 04.04.2026.