[Microseris and Silverpuffs: The Genera Microseris, Nothocalais and Uropappus in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs

Uropappus lindleyi

Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius

Flower head of Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius) - Involucral bracts of Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius)

Close-up images of the flower head and glabrous involucral bracts of Lindley's annual microseris as seen at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge........May 10, 2009. The rays are generally a brighter yellow than what are shown here.

Basal leaf of Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius)

A basal leaf of Lindley's annual microseris as seen at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge.......May 10, 2009. Some basal leaves have margins that are nearly entire, while others may have longer (but narrow) lobes than the ones seen here.

Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius)

Lindley's annual microseris as seen at the base of basalt cliffs at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge........May 10, 2009.

Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius) - Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius) - Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius) - Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius)

The photo above and the 3 below show one of manyLindley's annual microseris found at Horsethief Butte, all flowering at less than 20 cm high.

Flower head of Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius) - Involucral bracts of Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius)

Additional views of the flower head and involucral bracts of Lindley's annual microseris as seen along Old Highway 8 at the base of the Labyrinth, mid-Columbia River Gorge.......April 15, 2010.

Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius) - Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius)

Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius) - Lindley's Annual Microseris, Lindley's Silverpuffs, Linearleaf Microseris, Silver puffs: Uropappus lindleyi (Synonyms: Microseris lindleyi, Microseris linearifolia, Uropappus linearifolius)

Lindley's annual microseris observed on dry soils above Washington Highway SR 14 at Heartleaf Bluff, a Friends of the Columbia Gorge property near Lyle, WA......April 13, 2024.

Paul Slichter