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| Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Asteraceae or Compositae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Nothocalais | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Microseris cuspidata (Pursh) Schultz-Bip. Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Raf. |
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| Common Names: | wavy-leaf prairie dandelion microseris sharppoint microseris sharppoint prairie dandelion |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | southeastern Alberta – southern Saskatchewan – southwestern Manitoba | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | central Saskatchewan; Big Muddy Valley – Qu’Appelle River | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Mixed Grassland, Moist Mixed Grassland, Aspen Parkland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | dry, often eroded grassland slopes | ||||||||
| Associated species: | Allium textile, Arnica fulgens, Gaura coccinea, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Heterotheca villosa, Liatris ligulistylis, Ratibida columnifera, Senecio integerrimus | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 N2 S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Nothocalais cuspidata is vulnerable because most of the local populations are small. No immediate threats have been identified. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 30 cm tall | ||||||||
| Roots: | taproot thick | ||||||||
| Stems: | scapiform, pubescent near head, slightly longer than leaves | ||||||||
| Leaves: | all basal, sessile, 10 – 30 cm long, to 2 cm wide, linear, apex long acuminate, white woolly-villous to tomentose along margins and on veins, margin entire or undulate | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | heads solitary, ligulate florets only; phyllaries in unequal, 2 weakly imbricate series, 17 – 25 mm high, ovate to lanceolate, brown to purple; receptacle naked | ||||||||
| Flowers: | ligulate florets fertile, toothed at tips, yellow, drying purple | ||||||||
| Fruits: | achenes 8 – 10 mm long, 8 – 10-nerved, beakless; pappus 40 – 80 mixed capillary bristles and attenuate scales, white | ||||||||
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