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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Krigia virginica   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia virginica   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Krigia virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-004:

Krigia virginica   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Krigia virginica

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Dwarf-dandelion


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image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_krvi_001_lvd

        

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_krvi_003_lvd

        

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6120

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6120b

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Stems and leaves often hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6126

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

Keith Bradley    kab_krigia_virginica_2552

March    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm110416_649

April    Etowah County    AL

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm130406_743

April    Richmond County    GA

Fort Gordon

Krigia's involucral bracts are in a single series (vs. 2 in Taraxacum), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm150407_116

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaf faces glabrous, eglandular or loosely glandular-villous, per Flora of North America.

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_krigia_virginica_2

April        

Flower heads 1-2" wide, solitary, consisting of ray flowers only, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm120505_139

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

An annual with a leafy base and several leafless flower scapes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7419

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Pappus of 5 scales and 5 bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7424b

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Cypselae dark reddish brown, narrowly obconic, 1.5-2.3mm, 15-20-ribbed, per Flora of North America.

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7424c

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Krigia virginica, Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7430

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Krigia virginica   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Krigia virginica   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Krigia virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-15-004:
Krigia virginica   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Krigia virginica

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

785

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Rocky woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & some leaves low on the stem

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow, Orange-yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

Flower heads solitary, from rosettes (early), from leaf axils or terminal (late

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Reddish-brown
Achene

 

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