Midseason Bloomer. Small
yellow flowers, white, rounded, feathery seed balls. Can resemble “Blow Wives.”
Notes: Aster
(Sunflower) family. The small, single, yellow flowers are seldom noticed.
It is when they go to seed, forming the showy seed balls, that they are
most apparent on our trail. That it why it was decided to place it under white
instead of yellow flowers, as we felt people would see it and look for
it there. It is listed in wildflower books under yellow. The
picture below is of the seed head, which is white and about an inch across.No USDA classification was found
with the above plant name, but it does appear under this name in Calflora at link,
where its new name is given as Microseris lindleyi.,
which does appear in USDA classification. Click on the species name
below to go to USDA for this plant.
Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae -- Aster family
Genus Microseris D. Don -- silverpuffs
Species Microseris
lindleyi (DC.) Gray -- Lindley's silverpuffs