Rank Species | Subfamily Cichorioideae | |
Similar Krigia, Krigia virginica, Pyrrhopappus, Heterotheca, Marshelder |
Krigia occidentalis, known as western dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. 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 rarely more than 16 cm (6.4 inches) tall, with a taproot. The plant produces only one flower hear per flower stalk, each head with 5–25 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.
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