Asteraceae
Nodding microseris
Microseris nutans
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Microseris
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Nodding microseris, Nodding silverpuffs
Synonyms
- Calais gracililoba Kellogg
- Calais major A.Gray
- Calais nutans (Hook.) A.Gray
- Calais nutans var. latifolia D.C.Eaton
- Crepis nutans Geyer
- Microseris major Sch.Bip.
- Microseris major var. major
- Microseris nutans subsp. nutans
- Microseris nutans var. nutans
- Ptilocalais gracililoba Greene
- Ptilocalais macrolepis Rydb.
- Ptilocalais major Greene
- Ptilocalais nutans Greene
- Ptilocalais tenuifolia Osterh.
- Ptilophora major A.Gray
- Ptilophora major var. laciniata A.Gray
- Ptilophora major var. major
- Ptilophora nutans A.Gray
- Scorzonella gracililoba Greene
- Scorzonella nutans Hook.
- Scorzonella nutans var. laciniata (A.Gray) Jeps.
- Scorzonella nutans var. major (A.Gray) M.Peck
- Scorzonella nutans var. nutans
- Stephanomeria intermedia Kellogg
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 52 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, 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.