''Krigia dandelion'', known as potato dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family

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. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, from the

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and north as far as

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, southern

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, and

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''Krigia dandelion'' is an perennial herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. One plant generally produces one flower head per flower stalk, each head with 25–34 yellow or yellow-orange ray flowers but no disc flowers.Flora of North America, Krigia dandelion (Linnaeus) Nuttall, Potato dwarfdandelion or dandelion
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Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1988
Cichorieae Flora of the Southeastern United States Endemic flora of the United States Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Cichorieae-stub