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Uropappus lindleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Microseridinae
Genus:	Uropappus Nutt.
Synonyms
Microseris sect. Calocalais (DC.) A.Gray Calais sect. Calocalais DC.

Uropappus, commonly called silverpuffs, is a genus of North American plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. Some authors accept only one species, U. lindleyi, and separate Stebbinsoseris.

Uropappus kellogii Greene - CA AZ, Baja California
Uropappus lindleyi (DC.) Nutt. - Canada (BC), United States (WA OR CA NV ID UT AZ NM TX SC)
Uropappus pruinosus Greene - NM

Uropappus clevelandii - Microseris heterocarpa
Uropappus heterocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa
Uropappus kelloggii - Microseris heterocarpa
Uropappus leucocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa

See also

In Spanish: Uropappus para niños

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