Nothocalais

Nothocalais is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.^[1][2] There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris.^[3]

Nothocalais
Nothocalais alpestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Microseridinae
Genus:	Nothocalais (A.Gray) Greene
Type species
Nothocalais troximoides (A.Gray) Greene
Synonyms[1]
Microseris sect. Nothocalais A.Gray

As of 2023 all four of these species are classified in Nothocalis by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database (PLANTS)^[4] and Flora of North America (FNA).^[5] Only Nothocalais nigrescens is in Nothocalis according to World Flora Online (WFO)^[6] However, Plants of the World Online (POWO) synonymizes genus Nothocalais into Microseris.^[7]

Species^[8][9]

• Nothocalais alpestris - alpine lake false dandelion - CA WA OR
• Nothocalais cuspidata - prairie false dandelion - ALB SAS MAN MT WY NM ND SD NE KS OK TX MN IA MO IL WI NY
• Nothocalais nigrescens - speckled false dandelion - ID MT WY
• Nothocalais troximoides - sagebrush false dandelion - BC WA OR CA ID NV UT WY MT