What are these fragile green plants with small yellow blooms in Santa Fe?

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We are having cold Winter temperatures below 10 °F at night and I find a thick patch of these fragile green plants, some with small yellow blooms, all in a part of the yard that we do not water. I'm in Santa Fe, New Mexico, so we have a limited number of plants available. Photos show clump of plants.

They look rather like dandelions, only not quite - what were the flowers like? Daisy type with thin narrow petals, or rounded petals or other form? — Bamboo, Dec 10 '16 at 23:25
I think they are dandelions, just stressed dandelions or dandelions in shade. One hell of an incredibly useful plant... — stormy, Dec 10 '16 at 23:54
Not the dandelion (Taraxacum), but one of the the Damned yellow composite. I would go to Senecium (groundsel), a "nice" weed from Europa. — Giacomo Catenazzi, Dec 11 '16 at 11:07
It doesn't smell like mustard, does it? If it's composite family, it could have a more dandelion-like or carrot-like smell. — J. Musser, Dec 13 '16 at 18:07
From a search on Google Lens, it appears they are either dandelions, or stemless evening primrose. The latter has much more fragile looking flowers than dandelions. — John Smith, Aug 10 '20 at 17:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 25 '23 at 05:24

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Either a London Rocket or dandelion. Perhaps Dandelions owing your location and invasive nature of dandelions in southern US.

answered Dec 25 '23 at 05:24

Jayparth

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Dandelion has already been suggested more than once in comments. Can you support Rocket in any fashion ? – Rohit Gupta Dec 25 '23 at 05:39
@RohitGupta an ambiguous point I considered when answering is the color of blooms said by the OP, Arugula blooms just like dandelion blooms are yellow albeit being entirely different in the structure. Refer arugula blooms: https://savvygardening.com/arugula-flowers/ – Jayparth Dec 25 '23 at 06:14
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@JayparthMore Welcome to the site! – MackM Dec 27 '23 at 16:51
@MackM Thanks a ton! – Jayparth Dec 29 '23 at 10:26

What are these fragile green plants with small yellow blooms in Santa Fe?

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