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11a. Crepis modocensis Greene subsp. modocensis
Modoc or Siskiyou hawksbeard
Crepis scopulorum Coville
Plants 10–35 cm; setae yellowish, ± straight. Stems (slender, always with primary axes, branched near or beyond middles) sparsely setose (setae yellowish). Leaves: petioles setose; blades (narrowly elliptic), 10–20 × 2–4 cm. Involucres 11–16 mm. Phyllaries sparsely setose (setae blackish). Cypselae deep greenish to blackish or deep reddish brown, 7–12 mm, tapered distally, not distinctly beaked; pappi 5–10 mm. 2n = 22
Flowering May–Jul. Dry open ridges, rocky slopes; 900–2500 m; B.C.; Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Subspecies modocensis includes a diploid form and apomictic polyploid forms (E. B. Babcock 1947).
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