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Crepis sancta

(L.) Bornm.

Asteraceae

+ Synonyms

Andryala nemausensis Vill.

Andryala nudicaulis Lam.

Barkhausia roylei DC.

Crepinia marschalliana Rchb.

Crepis bifida (Vis.) Muschl.

Crepis bursifolia Pall. ex DC.

Crepis kochiana Boiss.

Crepis kochii Tchich.

Crepis multicaulis K.Koch

Crepis nemausensis Gouan

Crepis nuda Lam.

Crepis roylei F.Schultz

Hieracium gmelinii Willd. ex Spreng.

Hieracium sanctum L.

Intybellia purpurea DC.

Intybellia rosea Cass.

Intybellia taurica Less.

Lagoseris alata Nyman

Lagoseris aralensis (Bunge) Boiss.

Lagoseris bifida (Vis.) W.D.J.Koch

Lagoseris caspica Paczosky

Lagoseris glaucescens Sosn.

Lagoseris macrantha (Bunge) Iljin

Lagoseris marschalliana (Rchb.) Thell.

Lagoseris nemausensis K.Malý

Lagoseris nemausensis M.Bieb.

Lagoseris obovata (Boiss. & Noë) Bornm.

Lagoseris orientalis Boiss.

Lagoseris purpurea Steven ex DC.

Lagoseris sancta (L.) K.Malý

Lagoseris taurica M.Bieb.

Myoseris purpurea Link

Pterotheca aralensis Bunge

Pterotheca bifida (Vis.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Pterotheca bifida C.B.Clarke

Pterotheca caspica (Pacz.) Pavlov

Pterotheca falconeri Hook.f.

Pterotheca glaucescens (K.Koch) Grossh.

Pterotheca griselica J.Serres

Pterotheca macrantha Bunge

Pterotheca marschalliana (Rchb.) Dörfl.

Pterotheca nemausensis Cass.

Pterotheca nemausensis Rchb.

Pterotheca nudicaulis Dulac

Pterotheca obovata Boiss. & Noë

Pterotheca purpurea C.B.Clarke

Pterotheca ruppellii Steud.

Pterotheca sancta (L.) K.Koch

Pterotheca taurica Gand.

Trichocrepis bifida Vis.

Trichocrepis nemausensis Bubani

Trichoseris rueppellii Sch.Bip.

Common Name:

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General Information

Crepis sancta is an annual plant with a slender root system; it forms a basal rosette and one or more stems around 10 - 60cm tall[
74
Title
Flora of the USSR.
Publication
 
Author
Komarov. V. L.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Israel Program for Scientific Translation
Year
1968
ISBN
-
Description
An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

50
Title
Flora Europaea
Publication
 
Author
?
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1964
ISBN
-
Description
An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader.
,
74
Title
Flora of the USSR.
Publication
 
Author
Komarov. V. L.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Israel Program for Scientific Translation
Year
1968
ISBN
-
Description
An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

Range

Eurasia - Baltic States to Britain and Spain, east through the Caucasus, Turkey and Arabia to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Habitat

Steppe, on stony, clayey and sandy-clayey places, forest glades and dry herb slopes, rocks and talus among thickets of shrubs, old fields and weedy places; at elevations from lowland to 1,700 metres[
74
Title
Flora of the USSR.
Publication
 
Author
Komarov. V. L.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Israel Program for Scientific Translation
Year
1968
ISBN
-
Description
An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].

Properties

Edibility Rating * *
HabitAnnual
Height0.40 m
PollinatorsInsects
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details


The plant is likely to need a sunny position and a well-drained soil.

Edible Uses

Leaves - raw or cooked in soups etc[
1187
Title
Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants - Ethnobotany and Food Composition Tables
Publication
 
Author
María de Cortes Sánchez-Mata; Javier Tardío (Editors)
Publisher
Springer; New York
Year
2016
ISBN
978-1-4939-3327-3
Description
 
].. Mild and agreeable, they are used in salads[
217
Title
Les Salades Sauvages
Publication
 
Author
Les Ecologistes de l'Euzière
Publisher
Not given.
Year
1994
ISBN
2-906128-04-X
Description
A lovely little book about some wild salads in France. Written in French.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed - we have no information for this species but suggest sowing the seed in situ either as soon as it is ripe in late summer or in the spring.
Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2025-05-09. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Crepis+sancta>

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