Biology:Krigia dandelion

Short description: Species of flowering plant

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

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.

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q15601446 entry