Flora of North America species comparison

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Uropappus lindleyi

Lindley's false silverpuffs, Lindley's microseris, Lindley's silver puff, linear-leaf microseris, silver puffs
Leaves

5–30 cm.
Peduncles

5–40 cm.
Involucres

10–40 mm after flowering.
Phyllaries

reflexed in fruit, oftenreddish, outer 2–8, inner 3–18.
Cypselae

7–17 mm;

pappi: scales 5–15 mm, apices notched 1–2 mm, bristles delicate, 4–6 mm.
Ligules

2-–10 mm, equaling or barely surpassing phyllaries at flowering.
2n

= 18.

Uropappus lindleyi
Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Grasslands, shrub steppe, open oak woodlands, chaparral, s coastal scrub, deserts, usually well drained soils on slopes, road banks, serpentine gravels, sandy desert flats
Elevation 10–1800 m (0–5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; ID; NM; NV; OR; TX; UT; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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Discussion

Uropappus lindleyi grows in the Columbia-Snake Rivers Plateau Province, Basin and Range Province, Interior Mountains and Plateaus System, and the Pacific Border System.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 322.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Uropappus
Synonyms Calaïs lindleyi, Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, U. linearifolius
Name authority (de Candolle) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 425. (1841)
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