Microseris nutans

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Microseridinae
Genus: Microseris
Species: Microseris nutans
Name

Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch.Bip., 1866
Synonyms

Calais gracililoba (Greene) Kellogg
Calais major (A. Gray) A. Gray
Calais nutans (A. Gray) A. Gray
Crepis nutans (Hook.) Geyer
Microseris intermedia Greene
Microseris major Sch. Bip.
Ptilocalais gracililoba Greene
Ptilocalais major (A. Gray) Greene
Ptilocalais nutans (Hook.) Greene
Ptilophora major A. Gray
Ptilophora nutans A. Gray
Scorzonella nutans Hook.
Scorzonella nutans var. major (A. Gray) M. E. Peck
Stephanomeria intermedia (Greene) Kellogg

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Canada (Alberta, British Columbia), USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Schultz, C.H. "Bipontinus", 1866. Jahresbericht der Pollichia, eines Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins der bayerischen Pfalz 22-24:309.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Microseris nutans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Microseris nutans. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 31 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Microseris nutans in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31.
Tropicos.org 2019. Microseris nutans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Mar. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Microseris nutans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Nodding microseris, silverpuffs

Microseris nutans is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name nodding microseris. It is native to western North America, including southwestern Canada and much of the western United States, including the Sierra Nevada in California, where it grows in many types of habitat.
Description

The plant is variable in appearance. In general, it is a perennial herb growing up to 70 centimeters tall with a branching stem. The plentiful leaves are up to 30 centimeters in length and generally toothed or lobed along the edges.

The somewhat hairy inflorescence is borne on an erect or upright peduncle. The often nodding flower head contains up to 50 yellow ray florets. The fruit is an achene with a brownish or reddish body a few millimeters long. At the tip of the body is a large pappus made up of 15 to 30 silvery, hairy scales.