(A) Fall Dandelion (Leontodon autumnalis) (Eu¬ 
ropean ) is a small dandelion, naturalized from Europe 
and common in the Eastern States during Fall, or from 
the latter part of July. The leaves, tufted at the base 
of the flower scape, are long and narrow and have blunt 
teeth. The flower scape is long and slender and usually 
forks near the summit, bearing two or three flower 
heads, rarely only one; the scape attains heights of 7 
to 18 inches. The flower stalk is not hollow like that 
of the common dandelion, but is solid. It grows in 
fields and along roadsides and is quite common from 
Newfoundland to Mich, and south to Pa. 
(B) Dwarf Dandelion; Cynthia (Krigia virginica) 
is a tiny little plant as compared to the common dande¬ 
lion. The leaves are all basal on rather long petioles; 
they are coarsely and sharply, or lacinately, toothed. 
Numerous unbranching, slender flower scapes rise from 
these tufts of basal leaves, each bearing at the summit 
a little golden-rayed flower resembling a dandelion. 
Cynthia is a very common native species and is found 
blooming from April until July in dry fields, open woods 
or sandy soil, from southern Canada to the Gulf. 
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