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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

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. Plants of the genus are known generally as dwarf dandelions''Krigia''.
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s. 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

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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. ;SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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Krigia biflora ''Krigia biflora'', also known as two-flower cynthia or two-flower dwarf dandelion, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants i ...

'' – twoflower dwarfdandelion, orange dwarfdandelion, tall dwarfdandelion – most of eastern, central, + southwestern USA plus central Canada *''

Krigia caroliniana ''Krigia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Plants of the genus are known generally as dwarf dandelions Krigia cespitosa ''Krigia cespitosa'', known as common dwarf-dandelion, opposite-leaved dwarf-dandelion, or weedy dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae . It is native to northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León) and to the southea ...

'' – weedy dwarfdandelion, common dwarfdandelion, opposite-leaved dwarfdandelion – southeastern + south-central United States *''

Krigia dandelion ''Krigia dandelion'', known as potato dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, from the Florida Panhandle to Texas and north as far as Kansas ...

'' – potato dwarfdandelion, colonial dwarfdandelion, tuber dandelion – southeastern + south-central United States *''

Krigia integrifolia ''Krigia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Plants of the genus are known generally as dwarf dandelions Allegheny Mountains The Allegheny Mountain Range (; also spelled Alleghany or Allegany), informally the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less devel ...

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Krigia montana ''Krigia montana'', known as mountain dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Great Smoky Mountains and other nearby peaks in the southern Appalachians of Tennessee, the Carolinas, and G ...

'' – mountain dwarfdandelion – southern

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Krigia occidentalis ''Krigia occidentalis'', known as western dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southern Great Plains and the Ozark Mountains of the south-central United States (Kansas, Missouri, Arka ...

'' – western dwarfdandelion – south-central USA *''

Krigia virginica ''Krigia virginica'', also known as dwarf dandelion or Virginia dwarf dandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowe ...

'' – Virginia dwarfdandelion – eastern + south-central United States;

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Krigia wrightii ''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 Loui ...

'' – Wright's dwarfdandelion – south-central USAAmanda Neil (Editor)

References

Asteraceae genera Cichorieae Flora of North America Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow {{Cichorieae-stub