Crepis rubra - Pink Hawksbeard. Aka: red hawk’s beard. This is an annual herbaceous/forb and member of the daisy family. It has gray-green foliage with lance shaped leaves yielding brilliant pink or pinkish-red flowers. The blooms are long lasting and very showy, presenting with one or two flower heads per plant with up to 100 florets each and close up every afternoon! The plant prefers cooler temperatures and will happily bring you a second round of flowers: but may not in hotter climate. It is an easy to care for self sower, but non-invasive, and will come back and treat you year after year. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region (Italy, Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Asia Minor and is widely cultivated as an ornamental. It became naturalized in a small region of the United States just north of San Francisco Bay in California.
 
          25+ seed per pack       
 
Planting Zone: 3 – 10
 
Full Sun
 
Height: 12 inches - 18 inches
 
Width: 6 inches - 9 inches
 
Attracts Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees other beneficial pollinators.
 
Great cut flowers
 
Tolerant to drought and rocky soil
 
Ornamental
 
Origin: Europe
 
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