View source for Microseris laciniata subsp. laciniata

* Scientific Name: ''Microseris'' ''laciniata'' subsp. ''laciniata''
* Family:  Asteraceae
* Common Names: cut-leaved microseris, 
* Synonyms/misapplications: ''Microseris procera''
* Codon: MICLAC
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[[File:MICLAC1.jpg |thumb|Photo by Rod Gilbert, also featured on Main Page]]
===Taxonomy===
{{Taxobox
| image = 
| image_caption = Photo by Rod Gilbert, also featured on Main Page
| name = 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| subregnum = Viridiplantae
| phylum = Tracheophyta
| subphylum= Spermatophytina
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| subclassis = Asteranae
| ordo = Asterales
| familia = Asteraceae
| genus = ''Microseris'' D. Don
| species = '''''Microseris laciniata''''' (Hook.) Sch. Bip.
| subspecies = ''''' Microseris laciniata'' ssp. ''laciniata'''''  (Hook.) Sch. Bip.
| synonyms = *''Scorzonella laciniata'' (Hook.) Sch. Bip.
*''Scorzonella procera'' Greene
*''Scorzonella laciniata'' var. ''pratensis'' (Greene) Jeps.
}}
<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38110</ref>

===Description===
Taprooted perennial, variable habit, 1.5-12 dm tall.

Leaves mostly basal, from entire to deeply pinnatifid.

Heads ligulate, solitary, long-pedunculate. Flowers yellow. Phyllaries unequal, 3-5 seriate. Pappus scales 5-10, white to yellowish.

Achene 5-6 mm, beakless.<ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref><ref>WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
& University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Microseris%20laciniata</nowiki></ref>

===Bloom Period===
May-July<ref>Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). ''Vascular plants''
of the South Sound prairies'' (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen''
State College Press.</ref>

===Distribution===
Southern Puget Trough southward, on both sides of Cascades to California.<ref name=":0" />

===Habitat===
Clay, loam, and rocky soils, grasslands, moist meadows, dried slopes, woodlands.<ref name=":0" />

===Uses===
Documentation of Pomo use of roots for food.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Microseris+laciniata</nowiki></ref>

===Seed===
'''Seed sample from:''' 2011

'''Average Measurement:''' 5.6 x 0.8 x 0.8

'''Measurement Range:''' L: 4.75 – 7, W: 0.5 – 0.9, D: 0.5 – 0.9

====Features====

'''Shape:''' Seed tubular with puckered hilum.

'''Additional Structures:''' Pappus attached at apex opposite hilum. Pappus fibers are attached in a circular pattern around end. Individual hairs are broad at point of attachment, narrowing to a point. Pappus fibers exceptionally broad, somewhat iridescent, and 1/10 – 1/3 as long as seed body.

'''Color:''' Hilum white, seed body tan or light brown.

'''Surface:''' Seed body has 10 – 15 grooves running longitudinally from hilum to pappus. Hilum is glossy but seed body is smooth and matte

'''Latitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical  [[File:MILA lat.png]]

'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical [[File:MILA long.png]]

===Photo Gallery===
<gallery>
File:MICLAC1.jpg|Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2006
File:MICLAC2.jpg|Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2006
File:MICLAC3.jpg|courtesy of CNLM, young growth
</gallery>

=== References ===
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