Smooth hawksbeard

Crepidium glaucum Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 436. 1841; Crepis runcinata var. glauca (Nuttall) B. Boivin

Plants 20–50 cm . Leaves: petioles narrowly winged; blades narrowly obovate, oblanceolate, or spat-ulate, 1.5–4 cm wide, margins dentate, faces glabrous (glaucous). Heads 3–15. Involucres 7–12 mm. Phyllaries lanceolate, apices attenuate, faces glabrous or slightly tomentose, eglandular. Cypselae golden brown, 3.5–5.5 mm, not beaked; pappi 5–6 mm. 2n = 22

Flowering May–Aug. Alkaline, wet or dry meadows; 1600–2300 m; Alta., Man., Sask.; Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wyo.