Asteraceae
Douglas' silverpuffs
Microseris douglasii
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Microseris
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Douglas' silverpuffs
Synonyms
- Calais cyclocarpha A.Gray
- Calais douglasii DC.
- Calais eriocarpha A.Gray
- Microseris aliciae Greene
- Microseris atrata Greene
- Microseris callicarpha Greene
- Microseris conjugens Greene
- Microseris cyclocarpha Sch.Bip.
- Microseris cyclocarpha var. cyclocarpha
- Microseris insignis Greene
- Microseris leiosperma Greene
- Microseris leucocarpha Greene
- Microseris melanocarpha Greene
- Microseris oligantha Greene
- Microseris parvula Greene
- Microseris picta Greene
- Microseris proxima Greene
- Microseris tenuisecta Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bart and Susan Eisenberg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: joedecruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.