Krigia wrightii

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Krigia wrightii
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Angiosperms
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K. wrightii
Binomial name
Krigia wrightii
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Synonyms[1]
  • Apogon wrightii A.Gray
  • Serinia wrightii (A.Gray) Kuntze

Krigia wrightii, known as Wright's dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southern Great Plains of the south-central United States (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana).[2]

Krigia wrightii is a small annual rarely more than 25  cm (10 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.[3]

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