Krigia dandelion

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Krigia dandelion
Krigia dandelion - Potato Dandelion 2.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
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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