Microseris
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Microseris is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
, represented on several continents. There are approximately 14 species.
Species include:
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
, represented on several continents. There are approximately 14 species.
Species include:
- Microseris acuminataMicroseris acuminataMicroseris acuminata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Sierra foothill silverpuffs. It is native to the Central Valley of California and the mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada, surrounding it. There is a disjunct occurrence in Jackson County,...
- Sierra foothill silverpuffs - Microseris bigeloviiMicroseris bigeloviiMicroseris bigelovii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name coastal silverpuffs. It is native to the west coast of North America, where its range extends from the southern tip of Vancouver Island to the northern coast of California.-Distribution:Its...
- coastal silverpuffs - Microseris borealis - northern silverpuffs
- Microseris campestrisMicroseris campestrisMicroseris campestris is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name San Joaquin silverpuffs. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the San Joaquin Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills, and the central California Coast Ranges...
- San Joaquin silverpuffs - Microseris decipiens - Santa Cruz silverpuffs
- Microseris douglasiiMicroseris douglasiiMicroseris douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Douglas' silverpuffs. It is native to western North America from Oregon and California to Baja California...
- Douglas' silverpuffs - Microseris elegansMicroseris elegansMicroseris elegans is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name elegant silverpuffs. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in the valleys, foothills, and coastal mountain ranges...
- elegant silverpuffs - Microseris heterocarpa - grassland silverpuffs
- Microseris howellii - Howell's silverpuffs
- Microseris laciniataMicroseris laciniataMicroseris laciniata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name cutleaf silverpuffs. It is native to the western United States from Washington to northern California and Nevada, where it grows in forest and grassland habitat.-Description:It is a perennial herb...
- cutleaf silverpuffs - Microseris lanceolataMicroseris lanceolataMicroseris lanceolata is a perennial herb also known as murnong and yam daisy.It is found in many forms in Australia and on the island of Tasmania, the Tasmanian form being markedly smaller than the mainland Australian form.-Biological descriptions:A variable species, it has the form of a tufted...
- murnong, yam daisy - Microseris lindleyi - Lindley's silverpuffs (reclassified as Uropappus lindleyiUropappusUropappus is a monotypic genus belonging to the plant family Asteraceae. Its only member is Uropappus lindleyi, commonly known as silverpuffs, occurs throughout California, and in the Western United States and northwestern Mexico....
) - Microseris nutansMicroseris nutansMicroseris 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...
- nodding microseris - Microseris paludosaMicroseris paludosaMicroseris paludosa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name marsh microseris. It is endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution between southern Mendocino and northern San Luis Obispo Counties, mainly near the coast...
- marsh silverpuffs - Microseris pygmaea
- Microseris sylvaticaMicroseris sylvaticaMicroseris sylvatica is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names sylvan scorzonella and woodland silverpuffs. It is endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution throughout the central California Coast Ranges and inland mountain ranges, including the...
- sylvan scorzonella