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Krigia

not marked as a favorite taxon 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.

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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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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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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