Krigia wrightii

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Krigia wrightii
Krigia wrightii, George Bush Park Eldridge, Houston, TX, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 260549556.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Krigia
Species:
K. wrightii
Binomial name
Krigia wrightii
Synonyms [1]
  • Apogon wrightiiA.Gray
  • Serinia wrightii(A.Gray) Kuntze

Krigia wrightii, known as Wright's dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southern Great Plains of the south-central United States (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana). [2]

Krigia wrightii is a small annual rarely more than 25  cm (10 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. [3]

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