Barber’s hawksbeard

Crepis barberi Greenman, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 40: 52. 1904

Plants 35–65 cm. Leaves: petioles narrowly winged; blades narrowly oblanceolate or linear, 0.5–2 cm wide, margins entire or retrorsely toothed or pinnately lobed (lobes lanceolate), faces glabrous (glau-cous). Heads 3–7. Involucres 11–17 mm. Phyllaries lanceolate, apices acute, faces glabrous or sparsely tomentose proximally, eglandular. Cypselae dark brown, 5–7 mm, not beaked; pappi 7–8 mm.

Flowering Jun–Sep. Alkaline flats; 1200–1300 m; Ariz., Nev., N.Mex.; Mexico (Chihuahua).

Subspecies barberi is usually distinguished by relatively narrow leaves that are often entire or weakly dentate, scapiform stems, and glabrous phyllaries.