Nothocalais
Genus of flowering plants
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Nothocalais is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2] There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris.[3]
| Nothocalais | |
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| Nothocalais alpestris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
| Genus: | Nothocalais (A.Gray) Greene |
| Type species | |
| Nothocalais troximoides (A.Gray) Greene | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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As of 2023 all four of these species are classified in Nothocalis by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database (PLANTS)[4] and Flora of North America (FNA).[5] Only Nothocalais nigrescens is in Nothocalis according to World Flora Online (WFO)[6] However, Plants of the World Online (POWO) synonymizes genus Nothocalais into Microseris.[7]
- Nothocalais alpestris - alpine lake false dandelion - CA WA OR
- Nothocalais cuspidata - prairie false dandelion - ALB SAS MAN MT WY NM ND SD NE KS OK TX MN IA MO IL WI NY
- Nothocalais nigrescens - speckled false dandelion - ID MT WY
- Nothocalais troximoides - sagebrush false dandelion - BC WA OR CA ID NV UT WY MT
