The entire genus has milky juice. This plant has basal leaves only. Each narrow leaf is toothed or pinnately lobed. The flowers have numerous parts. They are yellow.
Blooms first appear in early spring and continue into mid summer.
The single flowers are on un-branched stems. The pappus has five scales and five much longer bristles. Well drained, open woods or fields. Most of eastern U. S. except extreme north. More Info Classification T he Dwarf Dandelions are one of the few composite flowers that can be seen in the spring in our area.