Krigia occidentalis

Krigia occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Krigia
Species: K. occidentalis
Binomial name
Krigia occidentalis
Nutt.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Adopogon occidentale (Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Adopogon occidentalis (Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Cymbia occidentalis (Nutt.) Standl.
  • Krigia bellidioides Scheele
  • Krigia nervosa Hook.

Krigia occidentalis, known as western dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southern Great Plains and the Ozark Mountains of the south-central United States (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana).[3]

Krigia occidentalis is a small annual rarely more than 16 cm (6.4 inches) tall, with a taproot. The plant produces only one flower hear per flower stalk, each head with 5–25 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Krigia montana (Michx.) Nutt.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Krigia montana (Michx.) Nutt.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Krigia occidentalis Nuttall, 1834. Western dwarfdandelion

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