Cutleaf Microseris, Cut-leaf Microseris, Cut-leaf Silverpuffs, Cut-leaved Scorzonella
Microseris laciniata ssp. laciniata
Synonyms: Scorzonella laciniata, Scorzonella laciniata var. laciniata, Scorzonella laciniata var. pratensis, Scorzonella procera
A close-up view downward onto 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.
A close-up sideview of the involucral bracts
of cut-leaved microseris, Rd K10000, Mount Adams..........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.
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Cut-leaved microseris as seen in vernally moist drainages between Canyon Creek and Little Bowman Creek in the Klickitat Wildlife Area.........June 19, 2016. Note that the outermost series of involucral bracts are narrowly to broadly ovate in outline.
Another view of the flower head of cut-leaved
microseris, Rd K10000, Mt. Adams...........July 9, 2006.
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.
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. Note that there is no thin stipe separating the parachute-like pappus (at left) from the long, thin achene (at right).
Paul Slichter