Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Krigia montana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mountain Dwarf-dandelion at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia montana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-002:
Krigia montana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cynthia montana
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Dwarf-dandelion, Mountain Cynthia
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JK Marlow jkm120505_265
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120505_267
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120505_295
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Leaves mostly basal, wider leaves sometimes coarsely pinnate-dentate near base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm170507_731
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm170507_732
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm060723_335
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm120804_209
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Rays 10-15mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120804_222
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
In Krigia, the involucral bracts are in 1 series, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray flowers only (no disc)
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JK Marlow jkm0309k_37
September Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves may be entire or coarsely toothed near the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm130927_578
September Jackson County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmk_montana
September
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JK Marlow jkm211022_4446
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm211022_4447
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm211022_4448
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmkmontana_1
Month Unknown
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmkmontana_brp
Month Unknown NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flower heads bright yellow, solitary on leafless stalk (disc flowers absent), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
Dandelions and Dandelion-like species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Krigia montana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia montana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-002:
Krigia montana
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cynthia montana
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA-SC), endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Look for it on cliffs & rock outcrops, at medium to high elevations, 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.
...Variable
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
Flower heads solitary on leafless stalks from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p108
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p087
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p302
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p132
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p250
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p360
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p177