''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
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. It is native to northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León
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) and to the southeastern and south-central United States, from Florida
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to Texas
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and north as far as southeastern Nebraska
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, southern Illinois
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, and central West Virginia
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Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, ''Krigia caespitosa''
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''Krigia cespitosa'' is an annual herb up to 42 cm (16.8 inches) tall. One plant generally produces one flower head per flower stalk, each head with 12–35 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[Flora of North America, ''Krigia cespitosa'' (Rafinesque) K. L. Chambers, 1973. Common or opposite-leaved dwarfdandelion ]
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References
Cichorieae
Plants described in 1817
Flora of North America
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