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).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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.Flora of North America, Krigia occidentalis Nuttall, 1834. Western dwarfdandelion
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1914