Krigia biflora
| Krigia biflora | |
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| Krigia biflora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Krigia |
| Species: | K. biflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Krigia biflora (Walter) S.F.Blake | |
Krigia biflora, also known as Two-Flower Cynthia or Two-Flower Dwarf Dandelion, is a flower of the Asteraceae (Aster) family. It is native to the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario; and it is native to the U.S. states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkiansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. [1] Two-flowered Cynthia is rare in Connecticut, and it is listed as a species of special concern. [2] It is an erect perennial growing 18 to 32 inches tall with yellow to orange-yellow ray flowers about 1 to 1.5 inches across. It grows in a variety of habitats and soils and blooms in late Spring to late Summer. The name of the plant consists of two words: Krigia for David Krieg, the German physician who first collected this plant in Maryland; and biflora, meaning two-flowered. [3]