Microseris

Microseris
Microseris sylvatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Microseridinae
Genus:	Microseris D.Don
Synonyms
Bellardia Colla (non All.) Calais DC. Fichtea Sch.Bip. Galasia Sch.Bip. Ptilocalais Torr. ex Greene Ptilophora (Torr. & A.Gray ex Hook.) A.Gray Scorzonella Nutt. Stebbinsoseris K.L.Chambers Uropappus sect. Brachycarpa Nutt.

Microseris is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae, native to North America, Australia, and New Zealand. It contains the following species:

• Microseris acuminata – Sierra foothill silverpuffs – CA OR
• Microseris aliciae – CA
• Microseris anomala – Channel Islands
• Microseris astrata – CA
• Microseris bigelovii – coastal silverpuffs – CA OR WA BC
• Microseris borealis – northern silverpuffs – CA OR WA BC
• Microseris breviseta – CA
• Microseris callicarpha – CA
• Microseris campestris – San Joaquin silverpuffs – CA
• Microseris castanea
• Microseris cognata – CA
• Microseris conjugens – CA
• Microseris decipiens – Santa Cruz silverpuffs – CA
• Microseris douglasii – Douglas' silverpuffs – CA OR Baja California
• Microseris elegans – elegant silverpuffs – CA
• Microseris furfuracea – CA
• Microseris heterocarpa – grassland silverpuffs – CA AZ Baja California Guadeloupe
• Microseris howellii – Howell's silverpuffs – OR
• Microseris insignis – CA
• Microseris intermedia – CA
• Microseris laciniata – cutleaf silverpuffs – CA NV OR WA
• Microseris lanceolata – Australia
• Microseris leiosperma – CA
• Microseris leucocarpha – CA
• Microseris maritima – CA
• Microseris melanocarpha – CA
• Microseris neozelandica – New Zealand
• Microseris nevadensis – CA NV
• Microseris nutans – western USA, BC
• Microseris obtusata – CA
• Microseris oligantha – CA
• Microseris paludosa – marsh silverpuffs – CA
• Microseris parvula – CA
• Microseris picta – CA
• Microseris proxima – CA
• Microseris pulchella – CA
• Microseris scapigera – New Zealand, Australia
• Microseris stenocarpha – CA
• Microseris sylvatica – sylvan scorzonella – CA
• Microseris tasmanica – Tasmania
• Microseris teakleana – Western Australia
• Microseris tenuisecta – CA
• Microseris walteri – murnong, yam daisy – Australia

External links

• Media related to Microseris at Wikimedia Commons
• Jepson Manual Treatment: Microseris