PRAIRIE DANDELION
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Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh ) Greene
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[=Microseris cuspidata (Pursh ) Schultz-Bip.] |
Konza Prairie, Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
Perennial |
Height: 4-12 inches |
Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
Flowering Period: April, May |
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Also Called: | | Wavy-leaf false dandelion. | Stems: | | Stemless. | Leaves: | | Basal, simple, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 4 to 12 inches long, to 4/5 inch wide, thick; midrib conspicuously whitish; margins entire, fringed with minute hairs, often curling or folded together; tips tapered to sharp points. | Inflorescences: | | Heads, solitary, terminal, on leafless flowering stalks that are glabrous or woolly-hairy ; heads 1 to 2 inches wide; bracts linear-lanceolate, to 1 inch long, sometimes speckled; tapering to sharp points. | Flowers: | | Florets ray-like, numerous, yellow, tips 5-toothed. | Fruits: | | Achenes, cylindric, about 1/4 inch long, prominently grooved, tipped with 40-50 unequal, hair-like bristles, enclosing small seed. | Habitat: | | Dry, open prairies and hillsides, most abundant on rocky or gravelly soils. | Distribution: | | Throughout Kansas. | | | Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus (Nutt.) Nutt. a somewhat similar member of the family also is known as "false dandelion". |
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Prairie dandelion | ![](thumbnails/prairiedandelion.jpg) | 102 KB | Konza Prairie, Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Prairie dandelion | ![](thumbnails/prairiedandelion7.jpg) | 100 KB | Konza Prairie, Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Prairie dandelion inflorescence | ![](thumbnails/prairiedandelion6.jpg) | 80 KB | Konza Prairie, Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Prairie dandelion | ![](thumbnails/prairiedandelion8.jpg) | 70 KB | Konza Prairie, Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Prairie dandelion leaves | ![](thumbnails/prairiedandelion2.jpg) | 130 KB | Konza Prairie, Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
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| Prairie dandelion inflorescence | ![](thumbnails/prairiedandelion13.jpg) | 64 KB | Harvey County, Kansas |
| Prairie dandelion leaf | ![](thumbnails/prairiedandelionleaf.jpg) | 99 KB | Harvey County, Kansas |
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| Prairie dandelion habit | ![](thumbnails/Nothocalais_cuspidata3.jpg) | 197 KB | Ottawa County, Kansas |
| Prairie dandelion | ![](thumbnails/Nothocalais_cuspidata5.jpg) | 107 KB | Ottawa County, Kansas |
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