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Crepis vesicaria

Crepis vesicaria

Description:

Plant of the Asteraceae family. It can be easily identified by the bracts, flower leaves. The external ones are smaller and oval shaped. It reaches 1 meter high with relatively big leaves at the base. It is a hemicryptophyte plant.

Habitat:

Holm oak forest

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.; f/11; ISO Speed Rating: 200. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.

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1 Comment

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion tp91395 but I am sure it is not Dandelion, they always have a single flower and stem, and the leaves are very different. There are a lot of plants, specially asteraceae, with flowers similar to dandelions

arlanda
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arlanda

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Spotted on May 31, 2013
Submitted on Sep 6, 2013

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