Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
Habitat: Slopes, meadows, flats, and forest openings,often in somewhat moist places, from low to middle elevations.
Flowers: April-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, beetles
Glabrous perennial from 1 or several thickened fleshy roots, 1-6 dm. tall., the stem simple and curved to robust, branching and erect, with milky juice.
Leaves chiefly toward the base, extremely variable, elongate and very narrow, entire or with a few linear teeth, to broader and entire or toothed.
Heads solitary on long peduncles or few on a branching stem, nodding in bud; involucre 1-2 cm. high, the outer bracts much shorter than the inner; corollas all ligulate, yellow; pappus of 15-20 narrow scales, each bearing a long, white, plumose bristle.
Achenes 5-8 mm. long, slightly tapering, glabrous or with fine hairs.
Publication: Jahresber. Pollichia. 22–24: 309. 1866. 1866.
Scorzonella nutans Hook.
Scorzonella nutans Hook. var. major (A. Gray) M. Peck
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Microseris nutans in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Microseris nutans checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Microseris nutans information.
E-Flora BC: Microseris nutans atlas page.
CalPhotos: Microseris nutans photos.
USDA Plants: Microseris nutans information.
