any plant of the genus Crepis, having a ring of fine hairs surrounding the fruit and clusters of small dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
hawk's-beard in American English
(ˈhɔksˌbɪrd)
noun
any of a genus (Crepis) of plants of the composite family, with milky juice and small, red, orange, or yellow flower heads borne in clusters