Krigia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Plants of the genus are known generally as dwarf dandelions[2] or dwarfdandelions.[3]

Krigia
Krigia biflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Krigia
Schreb.
Type species
Krigia virginica
Synonyms[1]
  • Serinia Raf.
  • Adopogon Neck.
  • Apogon Elliott
  • Cymbia (Torr. & A.Gray) Standl.
  • Adopogon Neck. ex Kuntze
  • Cynthia D.Don
  • Troximon Gaertn.

The species vary in morphology. They are annual or perennial herbs growing from a fibrous root system or a taproot. One species has rhizomes with tubers. The plants produce a single stem or up to 50 or more, usually growing erect, reaching a few centimeters to 75 centimeters tall. Most of the leaves are basal, but some stems have leaves higher up. The blades are often linear to lance-shaped, toothed or lobed, and borne on winged petioles. The flower heads are solitary, growing at the top of the stem or on stalks from the leaf axils. They contain up to 60 yellow or orange flowers. The fruit is a hairless, ribbed cypsela, sometimes with a pappus.[2]

Species[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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