| Author | (L.) Willdenow | |
| Distribution | Throughout the state. This is one of our most adaptable and widespread natives, often acting as a weed.
ME to MN, south to central FL and TX. | |
| Abundance | Common nearly statewide; fairly common to common in the Mountains, though scarce at high elevations. | |
| Habitat | Sandy to rocky, dry to mesic soils of oak-hickory woodlands, pine-hardwoods, outcrops, clearings, roadsides, powerlines, fields, fallow cropfields, waste places. |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting late March-July. Flowers when stems are short; by the time fruits are ripe, the stems are long. | |
| Identification | Virginia Dwarf-dandelion is our smallest Krigia species, often beginning to flower when the stems are 2 inches long; however, when in fruit, stems may reach 1.5 feet! Heads are solitary, only about 2/3-inch across. Leaves are all basal or near-basal, linear to lance-shaped, margins sinuate to somewhat lobed. This is the default Krigia species, to which others must be compared, though usually the others are noticeably taller when in bloom. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | None
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| Other Common Name(s) | Often just called Dwarf Dandelion, but this (dwarf-dandelion) is the group name for all of our Krigia species. | |
| State Rank | S5 | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| US Status | | |
| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | UPL link |
