Krigia dandelion

Krigia dandelion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Krigia
Species: K. dandelion
Binomial name
Krigia dandelion
(L.) Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Adopogon dandelion Kuntze
  • Cynthia boscii DC.
  • Cynthia dandelion (L.) DC.
  • Cynthia lyrata Nutt.
  • Hyoseris angustifolia Michx.
  • Hyoseris major Walter
  • Leontodon dandelion L.
  • Tragopogon dandelion (L.) L.
  • Troximon dandelion (L.) Gaertn.

Krigia dandelion, known as Potato dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family . It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, from the Florida Panhandle to Texas and north as far as Kansas, southern Illinois, and Maryland[2]

Krigia dandelion is an perennial herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. One plant generally produces one flower head per flower stalk, each head with 25–34 yellow or yellow-orange ray flowers but no disc flowers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Krigia dandelion (L.) Nutt.
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Krigia dandelion (Linnaeus) Nuttall, Potato dwarfdandelion or dandelion


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