Nothocalais cuspidata

Nothocalais cuspidata, the prairie false dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial with yellow flowers and long slender leaves. It is a member of the Asteraceae family and is native to the great plains. N.cuspidata faces habitat loss from the increasing fragmentation of the great plains. Taxonomy Kingdom: Plantea Phylum: Anthophyta Class: Dicotyledoneae Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genera: Nothocalais Species: Cuspidata Prairie false dandelion is also called: sharppoint praire dandelion, microseris, wavy-leaf prairie-dandelion, sharppoint microseris, and microséris cuspidé. Habitat N.cuspidata inhabits dry, well drained soils in open areas or grasslands along with gravely hillsides. They span from Canada to Texas and from New Mexico to Illinois, they exist in isolated populations in fragmented habitats. Habitats like these typically occur on bluffs or steeps slopes that border a river. Identification N.cuspidata is characterized by their basal-only leaves. The leaves are long and ......read more on Wikipedia.