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Krigia occidentalis
Also called Dwarf Dandelion
Krigia occidentalis is a small annual wildflower from the south-central United States, rarely over 16 cm tall, with a single yellow flower head per stalk. It is a wild native rather than a commonly grown garden plant, and it is grown mainly as a low, hardy, short-lived annual in wildflower or native-plant settings.
Krigia occidentalis, known as western dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southern Great Plains and the Ozark Mountains of the south-central United States (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana).
Krigia occidentalis is a small annual herb, rarely more than 16 cm (6.4 inches) tall, with a taproot. The plant produces only one flower head per flower stalk, each head with 5–25 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Krigia occidentalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
