Askellia elegans

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Elegant Hawk's-beard imported from iNaturalist photo 226555319 on 19 September 2024.jpg

| image_caption = In British Columbia

| genus = Askellia

| species = elegans

| authority = (Hook.) W.A.Weber, 1984W.A. Weber Phytologia 55(1): 6 1984

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-117034 The Plant List, Askellia elegans (Hook.) W.A.Weber ]

| synonyms = * Barkhausia elegans (Hook.) Nutt.Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s. 7: 435 1841

• Crepis elegans Hook.Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1(6): 297 1833
• Hieracioides elegans (Hook.) Kuntze
• Youngia elegans (Hook.) Rydb.Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. 1069 1917

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Askellia elegans, the elegant hawksbeard,{{PLANTS|id=CREL|taxon=Crepis elegans|accessdate=21 June 2015}} is a species of North American plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to central and western Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario) and the northwestern United States (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/State/Askellia%20elegans.png Biota of North America Program, 2014 state-level distribution map]

Askellia elegans is a perennial up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall, with a deep taproot and large underground caudex. Stems are sometimes erect, but sometimes trailing along the ground. One plant can have more than 100 small flower heads, each with 6-10 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066444 Flora of North America Elegant hawksbeard, Crepis elegans Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 297. 1833. ]