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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Krigia biflora (Walter) S.F.Blake
false-dandelion, orange dwarf-dandelion
Krigia: for David Krieg, German physician, who first collected this plant in Maryland
biflora: two-flowered
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-32" tall forb with milky juice, mostly very smooth and waxy-looking; stems leafy |
| Flower: | head 3/4" wide with yellow to orange ray flowers; inflorescence several long-stalked heads from the upper leaf axil; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | alternate, basal, widely elliptical, lower stalked, upper leaves clasping |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture; prairies, woods, meadows |
| (Glossary) |
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