Uropappus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Uropappus_lindleyi_7975.JPG

|image_caption = Uropappus lindleyi

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Uropappus

|authority = Nutt.

|synonyms_ref = [http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/Default.aspx Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|synonyms =

• Microseris sect. Calocalais (DC.) A.Gray
• Calais sect. Calocalais DC.

}}

Uropappus, commonly called silverpuffs, is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318145#page/446/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 424–425] in English[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022101 Tropicos, Uropappus Nutt.]http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1951 Jepson -U. Some authors accept only one species, U. lindleyi, and separate Stebbinsoseris.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=134228 Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 322, Uropappus Nuttall]

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Uropappus The Plant List search for Uropappus]

• Uropappus kellogii Greene - CA AZ, Baja California
• Uropappus lindleyi (DC.) Nutt. - Canada (BC), United States (WA OR CA NV ID UT AZ NM TX SC){{cite web | url= http://www.wildflowersearch.com/search?&PlantName=Uropappus+lindleyi | last= Sullivan | first= Steven. K. | date= 2018 | title= Uropappus lindleyi | website= Wildflower Search | accessdate= 2018-07-30 }}{{cite web | url= http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=Uropappus%20lindleyi | date= 2018 | title= Uropappus lindleyi | website= in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora | publisher= Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley | accessdate= 2018-07-30}}
• Uropappus pruinosus Greene - NM

; formerly included

• Uropappus clevelandii - Microseris heterocarpa
• Uropappus heterocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa
• Uropappus kelloggii - Microseris heterocarpa
• Uropappus leucocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa