COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 527 
DWARF DANDELION 
Krigia virginica, Willd. 
(Adopdgon carolinidnum, Britton) 
Native. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: April to August. 
Seed-time: May to September. 
’ Range: Maine to Ontario and Minnesota, southward to Florida 
and Texas. 
Habitat: Dry, sandy soil; fields, meadows, and waste places. 
Like a small and delicate Dandelion, 
with several slender stems from the same 
root, one or two inches to a foot in 
height, simple or occasionally branched 
at the base. Leaves usually all basal, 
tufted, two to six inches long, spatulate or 
lance-shaped, irregularly cut and toothed, 
or sometimes entire, tapering to margined 
petioles. Heads about a half-inch broad, 
with yellow, spreading, five-toothed rays; 
bracts of the involucre linear and _ thin, 
becoming reflexed as the achenes ripen 
and fall. The latter are slenderly top- 
shaped, five-angled, with a pappus of five 
small, rounded scales encircling an inner 
row of fine bristles. (Fig. 363.) 
Means of control 
Prevent seed production by cutting 
while in early bloom. Enrich and cul- 
Fie. 363.— Dwarf Dan- 
delion (Krigia virginica). 
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tivate the ground, when better plants will soon supersede the 
weed. 
CYNTHIA 
_ Krigia amplexicatlis, Nutt. 
(Adopdgon virginicum, Kuntze.) 
Other English name: Virginia Goatsbeard. 
Native.. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. 
