Krigia occidentalis, known as western dwarfdandelion, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae.

It is native to the southern Great Plains and the Ozark Mountains of the south-central United States (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana).

[3] Krigia occidentalis is a small annual herb,[4] rarely more than 16 cm (6.4 inches) tall, with a taproot.

The plant produces only one flower head per flower stalk, each head with 5–25 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.

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