Krigia biflora

Krigia biflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Krigia
Species: K. biflora
Binomial name
Krigia biflora
(Walter) S.F.Blake 1915
Synonyms[1]
  • Hyoseris biflora Walter
  • Adopogon amplexicaule (Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Adopogon amplexicaulis (Michx.) Kuntze
  • Adopogon virginicum Kuntze
  • Cynthia amplexicaulis (Michx.) L.C.Beck
  • Cynthia falcata Standl.
  • Cynthia griffithii Nutt.
  • Cynthia virginica (L.) D.Don ex DC.
  • Cynthia viridis Standl.
  • Hyoseris amplexicaulis Michx.
  • Hyoseris minor J.F.Gmel.
  • Hyoseris prenanthoides Willd.
  • Krigia amplexicaulis (Michx.) Nutt.
  • Luthera virginica (L.) Sch.Bip.
  • Tragopogon virginicus L.
  • Troximon virginicum (L.) Gaertn.

Krigia biflora, also known as two-flower cynthia or two-flower dwarf dandelion, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family . It is native to central Canada (Manitoba and Ontario) and to the eastern, central, and southwestern United States.[2][3] Two-flowered Cynthia is rare in Connecticut, and it is listed as a species of special concern.[4]

Krigia biflora is an erect perennial growing 18 to 32 inches (450–800 mm) tall. One plant can have 20 or more flower heads, very often 2 per flower stalk, each head with 25-60 yellow to orange-yellow ray flowers about 1 to 1.5 inches (25–38 mm) across. There are no disc flowers. It can become an invasive plant. It grows in a variety of habitats and soils and blooms in late Spring to late Summer. The name of the plant consists of two words: Krigia for David Krieg, the German physician who first collected this plant in Maryland; and biflora, meaning two-flowered.[5][6]

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