Krigia occidentalis

Krigia occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Genus:	Krigia
Species:	K. occidentalis
Binomial name
	Krigia occidentalis; Nutt.
Synonyms
	Adopogon occidentale (Nutt.) Kuntze; Adopogon occidentalis (Nutt.) Kuntze; Cymbia occidentalis (Nutt.) Standl.; Krigia bellidioides Scheele; Krigia nervosa Hook.;

Krigia occidentalis, known as western dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southern Great Plains and the Ozark Mountains of the south-central United States (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana).^[3]

Krigia occidentalis is a small annual rarely more than 16 cm (6.4 inches) tall, with a taproot. The plant produces only one flower hear per flower stalk, each head with 5–25 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.^[4]

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Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1914

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[1] The Plant List, Krigia montana (Michx.) Nutt.

[2] Tropicos, Krigia montana (Michx.) Nutt.

[3] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[4] Flora of North America, Krigia occidentalis Nuttall, 1834. Western dwarfdandelion

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