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Species of flowering plant

Crepis phoenix
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Crepis
Species: C. phoenix
Binomial name
Crepis phoenix
Dunn

Crepis phoenix is a Chinese species of flowering plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the Province of Yunnan in southern China.

Crepis phoenix is a perennial herb up to 70 cm tall, with a large taproot. It produces a flat-topped array of numerous small flower heads. Each head has as many as 25 yellow ray florets but no disc florets. The species grows on mountain slopes.

References

  1. ^ Flora of China, 万丈深 wan zhang shen Crepis phoenix Dunn description and commentary in English
  2. Dunn, Stephen Troyte 1903. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 35(247): 511 description in Latin, commentary and specimen information in English

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