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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Colonial Dwarf-dandelion at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Krigia dandelion
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-003:
Krigia dandelion FAMILY Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynthia dandelion
COMMON NAME:
Colonial Dwarf-dandelion, Potato Dwarf-dandelion
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyda5_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_krigia_dandelion_1
April Iredell County NC
The 4-20" tall scape has a terminal, solitary flower head 1.2 to 1.8" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
Dandelions and Dandelion-like species
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_krigia_dandelion_1b
April Iredell County NC
Heads have only ray flowers (= ligulate), each w 5 stamens & a 2-cleft style, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_krigia_dandelion_2
April Iredell County NC
Leaves smooth, glaucous, with tapering bases, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Krigia dandelion
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-003:
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynthia dandelion
3374
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, roadsides, wet prairies, low damp meadows, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants colonial, connected to tubers by long slender stolons
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow, Orange-yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
Flower heads solitary on leafless stalks
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Dark brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p302
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p132
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p310
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p361
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p177
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