Krigia cespitosa (Rafinesque) K.L. Chambers. Common name: Opposite-leaf Dwarf-dandelion. Phenology: Late Mar-early Jun. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed places. Distribution: Se. VA and NE south to c. peninsular FL and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: K. gracilis (A.P. de Candolle) Shinners occurs in TX, OK, and LA; it is sometimes treated as K. cespitosa var. gracilis (A.P. de Candolle) K.L. Chambers, but is better considered as a species, as it is sympatric and generally distinct.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Tn, Va; = Krigia caespitosa (Raf.) K.L.Chambers var. caespitosa, orthographic variant; = Krigia cespitosa (Raf.) K.L.Chambers var. cespitosa — Ar, FNA19, K4, POWO, Chambers (2004); = Krigia oppositifolia Raf. — C, G, RAB, SE1, Tx, W; = Serinia cespitosa Raf. — Il; = Serinia oppositifolia (Raf.) Kuntze — F, S; < Krigia caespitosa (Raf.) K.L.Chambers — GrPl, orthographic variant; < Krigia cespitosa (Raf.) K.L.Chambers — Fl7, GW2, NcTx, WH3, Kim & Turner (1992). Basionym: Serinia cespitosa Raf. 1817
Links to other floras: = Krigia cespitosa var. cespitosa - FNA19
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (name change)
- Great Plains: FAC (name change)
- Midwest: FACU (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect annual of fields, roadsides and other disturbed places.
Stems: Stem arising from a winter rosette, branching from the base, smooth and often with a whitish coating; broken stems ooze milky sap.
Leaves: Leaves basal and more or less opposite on the stem, petiolate, linear-oblong, 1/2-5 in. long (reduced upward).
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at ends of branches, about 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 12-35 orange-yellow ray florets with squared-off, toothed tips. Narrow, green bracts surround the bell-shaped base of each head.
Fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of tufted achenes.
Comments:
Height: 4-18 in.
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description: Erect annual of fields, roadsides and other disturbed places.
stems: Stem arising from a winter rosette, branching from the base, smooth and often with a whitish coating; broken stems ooze milky sap.
leaves: Leaves basal and more or less opposite on the stem, petiolate, linear-oblong, 1/2-5 in. long (reduced upward).
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at ends of branches, about 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 12-35 orange-yellow ray florets with squared-off, 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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