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§1 Plant
Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
vernacular prairie false dandelion — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Nothocalais
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 225 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 225 counties across 11 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Barber 20007
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Johnson 20091
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morris 20127
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Woodson 20207
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- McLeod 27085
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Pope 27121
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Scott 27139
- Traverse 27155
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Gage 31067
- Gosper 31073
- Hall 31079
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Nance 31125
- Pawnee 31133
- Perkins 31135
- Polk 31143
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
North Dakota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 17 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/NOCU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5399495 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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