Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyda5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3814
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
A colonial herb 4-20" tall, from tuberous rhizomes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3816
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves smooth, glaucous, with tapering bases, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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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.
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.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_krigia_dandelion_2
April Iredell County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia dandelion
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in GA)
Look for it in rocky woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
Rays: Yellow, Orange-yellow
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
Flower heads solitary on leafless stalks
FRUIT:
Spring
Dark brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p302
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p132
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p310
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p361
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p177