Microseris paludosa
marsh microseris, marsh scorzonella, marsh silverpuffs
branched proximally, leafy proximally.
basal and cauline; petiolate (petioles broadly winged, clasping);
blades linear to oblanceolate, 6–35 cm, margins entire, dentate, or pinnately lobed, apices acuminate.
erect or arcuate-ascending (15–50 cm), ebracteate.
ovoid in fruit, 10–20 mm.
25–70;
corollas yellow-orange, surpassing phyllaries by 5+ mm.
not spotted, abaxial faces usually scurfy-puberulent, usually black-villous;
outer linear to broadly or narrowly ovate-deltate, apices erect or recurved, acuminate;
inner lanceolate, apices erect, acute to acuminate.
columnar, 4–7 mm;
pappi of 5–10, dull yellowish brown, lanceolate, glabrous, aristate scales 2–4 mm, aristae barbellate.
= 18.
Microseris paludosa
Microseris paludosa in the central coastal region (D. P. Tibor 2001). It differs from M. laciniata subsp. leptosepala in its longer, brownish pappus scales and more southern coastal distribution. It is unusual among the perennial taxa of Microseris in its self-compatibility and ready self-fertilization in culture.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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