Global InformationCrepis modocensis information
| Crepis modocensis | |
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| Crepis modocensis in Wenas Wildlife Area | |
Conservation status
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 Apparently Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Crepis |
| Species: | C. modocensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Crepis modocensis E. Greene
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crepis modocensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Modoc hawksbeard.
It is native to western North America (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado), where it grows in several types of mountain and plateau habitat, including sagebrush.[2][3] It typically prefers rocky soil.[4]
The species name is from the Modoc Plateau, in the northeast California range.
- ^ The Plant List, Crepis modocensis Greene
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Crepis modocensis E. Greene, Modoc hawksbeard
- ^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 162. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.