Rough Hawk's-beard vs Stinking Hawk's-beard

Crepis biennis compared with Crepis foetida

Key Differences

Rough Hawk's-beard is Near Threatened while Stinking Hawk's-beard is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Rough Hawk's-beard	Stinking Hawk's-beard
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family same	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus same	Crepis	Crepis
Species	Crepis biennis	Crepis foetida

Evolutionary Relationship

Rough Hawk's-beard and Stinking Hawk's-beard share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Crepis.

View Genus: Crepis

Conservation Status

Rough Hawk's-beard

NT — Near Threatened

Stinking Hawk's-beard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Rough Hawk's-beard	Stinking Hawk's-beard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Rough Hawk's-beard

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (Canada, United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.