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Krigia wrightii

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Species of flowering plant

Krigia wrightii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Krigia
Species: K. wrightii
Binomial name
Krigia wrightii
(A.Gray) K.L.Chambers ex K.J.Kim
Synonyms
  • Apogon wrightii A.Gray
  • Serinia wrightii (A.Gray) Kuntze

Krigia wrightii, known as Wright's dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southern Great Plains of the south-central United States (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana).

Krigia wrightii is a small annual rarely more than 25  cm (10 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.

References

  1. The Plant List, Krigia wrightii (A.Gray) K.L.Chambers ex K.J.Kim
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Krigia wrightii (A. Gray) K. L. Chambers ex K. J. Kim, Brittonia. 44: 195. 1992. Wright's dwarf dandelion
Taxon identifiers
Krigia wrightii


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