Cutleaf Microseris, Cut-leaf Microseris, Cut-leaf Silverpuffs, Cut-leaved Scorzonella
Microseris laciniata ssp. laciniata
Synonyms: Scorzonella laciniata var. laciniata, Scorzonella laciniata var. pratensis, Scorzonella procera
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Three close-up views of the flower head
of cut-leaved microseris. Photographed in a vernally moist swale along Road
K1000 to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway............July 9, 2006.
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Additional images of cut-leaved microseris as seen in vernally moist wetlands near the northern edge of the Klickitat Breaks unit of Klickitat Wildlife Area...........June 30, 2014. Note the broad involucral bracts, which are often purple-spotted (not in this case). This helps identify this taxon from the rarer ssp. leptosepala which has lanceolate bracts which are rarely red or purple-spotted.
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Cut-leaved
microseris blooming in vernally moist drainages east of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area..........July3, 2022.
The photo above shows a close-up of the nodding
flower bud of cut-leaved microseris as seen along road K1000 to the east of
the Mt. Adams Highway. Note that the outer involucral bracts are broader but
much shorter than the inner bracts. Photographed in a vernal stream bed along Road K1000 to the east
of the Mt. Adams Highway...........July 2, 2006.
The photo above shows from the left, a basal
or lower stem leaf, a nodding flower bud, and a leaf from midstem of cut-leaved
microseris. Photographed in a vernal stream bed along Road K1000 to the east
of the Mt. Adams Highway...........July 2, 2006. The flower buds
nod at first but become erect as the flower head blooms.
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The 2 photos above show the dandylion-like seed head and a close-up
of the parachute-like achene of cut-leaved microseris. Photographed along Road
K1000 near the Yakima-Klickitat County Line to the east of Mt. Adams............July
28, 2006.
Paul Slichter