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Asteraceae
Krigia

not marked as a favorite taxon Krigia dandelion (Linnaeus) Nuttall. Common name: Colonial Dwarf-dandelion, Potato-dandelion. Phenology: Apr-May (-Jun). Habitat: Woodlands, roadsides, wet prairies, low damp meadows, disturbed areas. Distribution: NJ, IL, and KA, south to Panhandle FL and ne. TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA19, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, NcTx, Oh3, POWO, RAB, SE1, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Kim & Turner (1992); = Adopogon dandelion (L.) Kuntze; = Cynthia dandelion (L.) DC. — S; Tragopogon dandelion Linnaeus. Basionym: Tragopogon dandelion L. 1763

Links to other floras: = Krigia dandelion - FNA19

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Krigia dandelion© Sonnia Hill | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Krigia dandelion© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Krigia dandelion© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial from fibrous roots with nodules, found in rocky woodlands and barrens, moist to dry-moist forests, roadsides and other disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems consist of mostly leafless flowering stalk(s) arising from a basal rosette; they are smooth and with a whitish coating, sometimes tinged with red, oozing milky sap when broken.

Leaves: Leaves basal, long-spoons-shaped to linear-lance-shaped with gradually narrowed base, 1-6 in. long, with margins entire, lobed or toothed; smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tip of stem, about 1 in. wide, consisting of multiple orange-yellow ray florets with squared-off, 5-toothed tips. A single series of narrow, green to blue-green bracts that bend outward with age surround the bell-shaped base of each head.

Fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of tufted achenes.

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Height: to 12 in.

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description: Erect perennial from fibrous roots with nodules, found in rocky woodlands and barrens, moist to dry-moist forests, roadsides and other disturbed areas.

stems: Stems consist of mostly leafless flowering stalk(s) arising from a basal rosette; they are smooth and with a whitish coating, sometimes tinged with red, oozing milky sap when broken.

leaves: Leaves basal, long-spoons-shaped to linear-lance-shaped with gradually narrowed base, 1-6 in. long, with margins entire, lobed or toothed; smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tip of stem, about 1 in. wide, consisting of multiple orange-yellow ray florets with squared-off, 5-toothed tips. A single series of narrow, green to blue-green bracts that bend outward with age surround the bell-shaped base of each head.

fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of tufted achenes.

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native range: eastern & central United States



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