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Krigia occidentalis

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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
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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