Microseris douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Douglas' silverpuffs.

It grows in several types of habitat, including grassland and vernal pools, and on soils containing clay and serpentine.

In general it is an annual herb growing 5 centimeters to over half a meter tall from a basal rosette of leaves; there is usually no true stem.

The inflorescence is borne on an erect or curving peduncle arising from ground level.

At the tip of the body is a large pappus made up of about five long, bristly, barbed scales.