Krigia montana (Michaux) Nuttall. Common name: Mountain Dwarf-dandelion, Mountain Cynthia. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Cliffs and rock outcrops at medium to high elevations. Distribution: A Southern Appalachian endemic: w. NC, e. TN, nw. SC, and ne. GA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: The natural hexaploid hybrid Krigia ×shinnersiana K.L. Chambers [K. biflora × montana] is documented from the Craggy Mountains, Buncombe County, NC (Chambers 2004; Kim & Turner 1992).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA19, K4, POWO, RAB, SE1, Tn, W, Kim & Turner (1992); = Adopogon montanus (Michx.) Kuntze; = Cynthia montana (Michx.) Standl. — S. Basionym: Hyoseris montana Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Krigia montana - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of cliffs and rock outcrops at medium to high elevations.
Stems: Stems branching near base, mostly leafless, oozing milky sap when broken.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, linear to lance-shaped, 1 1/2-4 in. long, wider ones sometimes coarsely toothed or lobed near the base.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of branches, about 1 in. wide, consisting of multiple orange-yellow ray florets with squared-off, 5-toothed tips. Narrow, green bracts surround the bell-shaped base of each head.
Fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of tufted achenes.
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Height: 4-15 in.
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description: Erect perennial of cliffs and rock outcrops at medium to high elevations.
stems: Stems branching near base, mostly leafless, oozing milky sap when broken.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, linear to lance-shaped, 1 1/2-4 in. long, wider ones sometimes coarsely toothed or lobed near the base.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of branches, about 1 in. wide, consisting of multiple orange-yellow ray florets with squared-off, 5-toothed tips. Narrow, green bracts surround the bell-shaped base of each head.
fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of tufted achenes.
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