Nothocalaïs cuspidata

cuspidata (Pursh) Greene

Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 55. 1886.

Common names: Prairie false dandelion
Basionym: Troximon cuspidatum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 742. 1813 (as Troximum)
Synonyms: Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Steudel Microseris cuspidata (Pursh) Schultz-Bipontinus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 336. Mentioned on page 335.

Plants 7–35 cm. Stems (peduncles) ebracteate. Leaves: blades linear-lanceolate, 7–30 cm, bases broadly attenuate, margins entire, plane or undulate, ciliolate, (apices acuminate) faces glabrous or villous. Involucres 17–27 mm. Phyllaries 13–34, often red-striped or dotted, lanceolate, apices acuminate, faces glabrous. Florets 13–80; ligules 15–25 mm. Cypselae brown, 7–10 mm, narrowed distally, not beaked; pappi of 40–80, intergradent, smooth to barbellulate bristles and ± subulate to setiform scales 8–10 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Prairie pastures, slopes, hillsides, and ridges, in sandy, gravelly, or clay soils, various grassland associations
Elevation: 300–2300 m

Distribution

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Alta., Man., Sask., Ark., Colo., Ill., Iowa, Kans., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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acuminate +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Kenton L. Chambers +
cuspidata (Pursh) Greene +
attenuate +
Troximon cuspidatum +
compound +  and simple +
linear-lanceolate +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
filiform +
Prairie false dandelion +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
reddish +  and yellow +
Alta. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
300–2300 m +
glabrous +  and villous +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Prairie pastures, slopes, hillsides, and ridges, in sandy, gravelly, or clay soils, various grassland associations +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
campanulate;ovoid +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
undulate +, plane +  and entire +
inconspicuous +
2-carpellate +
smooth +  and barbellulate +
intergradent +
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
connate +  and distinct +
13 +  and 34 +
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
flat;convex +
scabrous +  and glabrous +
aristate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
white-villous +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 5 +
scapiform +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Agoseris cuspidata +  and Microseris cuspidata +
Nothocalaïs cuspidata +
Nothocalaïs +
species +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +