long-leaved hawksbeard

Crepis acuminata is a perennial herb reaching 20-65 cm in height. It features a weakly branched or simple caudex, erect flowering stems, and rosette leaves that are elliptic-ovate, pinnatifid, and tomentose. The plant produces yellow, ligulate flowers in corymbiform synflorescences, with involucral bracts and achenes that vary in size and surface texture. It is distributed across several western and central U.S. states, including California, Colorado, and Montana. The species is adapted to a variety of open habitats and is part of the Cichorieae tribe within the Asteraceae family.