Selected images for common crupina (Crupina vulgaris )
Common crupina is a Federal Noxious Weed and is native to southern Europe. It is a winter annual that grows 1 to 4 ft. (0.3-1.2 m) tall. Leaves are entire to finely dissected (leaves become more divided towards the apex) and up to 6 in. (15.2 cm) long. Flowers are purple to pink, long, slender (vase-shaped) and bloom from May until soil moisture is depleted. Common crupina begins as a basal rosette and eventually develops alternating dissected leaves that are rough to the touch. Dense populations of this plant can invade grasslands, pastures, rangelands, forested areas, canyons, riparian areas, roadsides and waste places in the western United States. It reproduces by seed. Grazing (deer or livestock) or cutting can stimulate lateral branching, thereby increasing flower and seed production.
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1459128 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Plant(s) Utah State University Archive |
5374424 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Flower(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso |
5374423 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Flower(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso |
1459127 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Foliage Utah State University Archive |
0015024 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Seed(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive |
5307021 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Fruit(s) Steve Hurst |
1149103 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Plant(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive |
5374426 common crupina Crupina vulgaris Seedling(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso |
