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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Krigia virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Virginia Dwarf-dandelion at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Krigia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-004:
Krigia virginica FAMILY Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Krigia virginica
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Dwarf-dandelion
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_krvi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_krvi_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220315_6120
March Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220315_6120b
March Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Stems and leaves often hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220315_6126
March Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_krigia_virginica_2552
March Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110416_649
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm130406_743
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Krigia's involucral bracts are in a single series (vs. 2 in Taraxacum), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray flowers only (no disc)
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JK Marlow jkm150407_116
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaf faces glabrous, eglandular or loosely glandular-villous, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_krigia_virginica_2
April
Flower heads 1-2" wide, solitary, consisting of ray flowers only, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
Dandelions and Dandelion-like species
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JK Marlow jkm120505_139
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
An annual with a leafy base and several leafless flower scapes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7419
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Pappus of 5 scales and 5 bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7424b
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Cypselae dark reddish brown, narrowly obconic, 1.5-2.3mm, 15-20-ribbed, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7424c
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7430
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Krigia virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Krigia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-004:
Krigia virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Krigia virginica
785
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Rocky woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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 & some leaves low on the stem
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow, Orange-yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
Flower heads solitary, from rosettes (early), from leaf axils or terminal (late
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Reddish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p362
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p11
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p302
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p197
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p132
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p094
- 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
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p326
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p104
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