PLANTS Profile for Microseris nutans (nodding microseris)

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PLANTS Profile

Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.
nodding microseris

Symbol:

MINU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, Crofton Butte, 1540 m. June 15, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.

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Synonyms:
Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.

	PTNU2	Ptilocalais nutans (Hook.) Greene
	SCNU4	Scorzonella nutans Hook.
	SCNUM	Scorzonella nutans Hook. var. major (A. Gray) M. Peck

Distribution:
Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 14 species in Microseris

Classification:
Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Microseris D. Don – silverpuffs
Species	Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip. – nodding microseris

More Accounts and Images:
Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38114.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 01:48 AM CST