Krigia dandelion

Krigia dandelion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Krigia
Species:	K. dandelion
Binomial name
	Krigia dandelion; (L.) Nutt.
Synonyms
	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 family Asteraceae. 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]

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Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1988

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[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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Krigia dandelion

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	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.