| Cacaliopsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Cacaliopsis Gray |
| Species: | C. nardosmia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cacaliopsis nardosmia Gray |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cacalia nardosmia |
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Cacaliopsis is a monotypic genus in the daisy family which contains the single species Cacaliopsis nardosmia (formerly Cacalia nardosmia), which is known by the common name silvercrown. This is a rhizomatous perennial native to the forests and moist meadows of the west coast of North America, from northern California to southern British Columbia. It forms a basal patch of lush, widely lobed shiny green leaves and erect reddish stems bearing inflorescences of flowers. The tiny yellow curly-tipped disc flowers are packed into flower heads. The fruit is a small cylindrical achene with a bristly white pappus.