| Taxon | Nothocalais alpestris |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | nothocalais; prairie-dandelion; prairie dandelion; false-agoseris; false agoseris; false calais |
| Species common name(s) | alpine lake false-dandelion; alpine lake false dandelion; alpine lake prairie-dandelion; alpine lake prairiedandelion; alpine prairie-dandelion; alpine lake false agoseris; alpine lake agoseris; alpine lake-agoseris |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | false dandelion, false-dandelion are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
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