grey hawksbeard

Crepis intermedia is a perennial herb that grows 15-70 cm tall. It features a swollen caudex and one to two flowering stems that are erect, tomentose, and striate. Rosette leaves are elliptic-ovate, pinnatifid, and tomentose, with a petiole-like base. Cauline leaves are similar but fewer in number and apically reduced to scales. The synflorescence is paniculiform or corymbiform, with 10-60 heads. Each head contains 7-16 yellow flowers with ligulate corollas. Involucral bracts are triangular-ovate to narrowly ovate, tomentose, and sometimes hispid. Achenes are cylindrical, 5.5-9.0 mm long, with 10-12 ribs, and a persistent pappus 7.0-10.0 mm long.