Uropappus

Silverpuffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae[1]
Genus: Uropappus
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Microseris sect. Calocalais (DC.) A.Gray
  • Calais sect. Calocalais DC.

Uropappus, commonly called silverpuffs, is a genus of North American plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4] Some authors accept only one species, U. lindleyi, and separate Stebbinsoseris.[5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Uropappus kellogii Greene - CA AZ, Baja California
  2. Uropappus lindleyi (DC.) Nutt. - Canada (BC), United States (WA OR CA NV ID UT AZ NM TX SC),
  3. Uropappus pruinosus Greene - NM
formerly included[1]

References

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