''Crepis foetida '' is a

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an species of flowering plant in the family

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with the common name stinking hawksbeard. It is widespread across much of

and

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, as well as being sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the

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and

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.Atlas of Living Australia
/ref> ''Crepis foetida '' is an annual, biennial, or

perennial In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...

herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 10

flower heads A pseudanthium (; : pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, composite flowers ...

, each with 100 or more yellow ray florets but no disc florets. ;Subspecies * ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''foetida'' * ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''glandulosa'' (C.Presl) Arcang. * ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''rhoeadifolia'' (M.Bieb.) Čelak.

References

External links

Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora
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Moravskoslezská pobočka, ''Crepis foetida subsp. foetida'' – škarda smrdutá pravá
in Czech with photos
Portale Sulla Flora del Basso Corso del Lamone (Prov. Ravenna), ''Crepis foetida'' subsp. ''foetida''
in Italian with numerous photos
Flore Alpes
in French with photos foetida Flora of Europe Flora of Siberia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Cichorieae-stub