Asteraceae

Silver-puffs

Uropappus lindleyi (DC.) Nutt.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Uropappus

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Silver-puffs: Uropappus lindleyi on the hillside above Red Rock Country Club, just west of Las Vegas, Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Silver-puffs
Portuguese: Uropappus
Spanish: Uropappus

Synonyms

Calais lindleyi DC.
Calais linearifolia DC.
Calais macrochaeta A.Gray
Microseris anomala S.Watson
Microseris lindleyi var. lindleyi
Microseris linearifolia (Nutt.) A.Gray
Microseris nevadensis Gand.
Uropappus grandiflorus Nutt.
Uropappus lindleyi var. lindleyi
Uropappus linearifolius var. elatus Greene
Uropappus linearifolius var. linearifolius
Uropappus macrochaetus var. macrochaetus
Uropappus pruinosus Greene

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, 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: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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). About our plant data.