Crepis

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 354

Sect. ZACiNTHA (Miller) Babcock. More or less pubescent annuals or biennials; stems usually divaricately branched above. Lower leaves sessile or petiolate, denticulate to lyrate-pinnatifid. Capitula many, with few to many florets. Ligules yellow, usually reddish-purple on the outer face, rarely whitish. Receptacle with glabrous or ciliate pits, or flat.