''Uropappus'', commonly called silverpuffs, is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of North American plants in the tribe

Cichorieae The Cichorieae (also called Lactuceae) are a tribe in the plant family Asteraceae that includes 93 genera, more than 1,600 sexually reproductive species and more than 7,000 apomictic species. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the E ...

within the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. Some authors accept only one species, ''U. lindleyi'', and separate '' Stebbinsoseris''. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Uropappus''
/ref> * '' Uropappus kellogii'' Greene - CA AZ,

Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

* '' Uropappus lindleyi'' (DC.) Nutt. - Canada ( BC), United States ( WA OR CA NV ID UT AZ NM TX SC) * '' Uropappus pruinosus'' Greene - NM ; formerly included * ''Uropappus clevelandii - Microseris heterocarpa'' * ''Uropappus heterocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa'' * ''Uropappus kelloggii - Microseris heterocarpa'' * ''Uropappus leucocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa''

References

External links

Calflora Database: ''Uropappus lindleyi'' (Silver puffs)

CalPhotos gallery of ''Uropappus lindleyi'' (Silver puffs) images
— ''University of California, Berkeley''. {{Taxonbar, from=Q16271606 Cichorieae Asteraceae genera Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the South-Central United States Flora of British Columbia Flora of California Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall