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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Dwarf Dandelions
  8. Dwarf Dandelion

species 554 observations

Dwarf Dandelion

Krigia occidentalis

Status
present
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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13 native animals
supported in the US
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Dwarf-dandelion Mining Bee 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Acmaeodera tubulus, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee, Orange-legged Furrow Bee 12

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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