Asteraceae
Crepis occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
Crepis occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
Also known as Berinia occidentalis, Crepis grandifolia, Crepis occidentalis var. nevadensis, Crepis occidentalis subsp. typica
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Western Hawksbeard · Crepis · Native · Wildflower · Meadow · Rocky · Western · Composite · Yellow Flowers · Low Maintenance
Western hawksbeard is a low-growing native perennial well suited to open, rocky, or disturbed sites in western North America. It is undemanding once established, tolerating dry conditions and requiring little supplemental watering. Plant it in a wildflower or native meadow garden and allow it to naturalize with minimal intervention.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top 1-2 inches of soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.7–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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