Isocoma menziesii

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Isocoma menziesii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Isocoma
Species:
I. menziesii
Binomial name
Isocoma menziesii
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Bigelowia menziesii(Hook. & Arn.) A.Gray
  • Haplopappus fasciculatusVasey & Rose
  • Haplopappus menziesii(Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A.Gray
  • Isocoma oxyphyllaGreene
  • Pyrrocoma menziesiiHook. & Arn. 1839
  • Bigelowia furfuraceaGreene
  • Isocoma decumbensGreene
  • Isocoma sedoides(Greene) Greene
  • Bigelowia tridentataGreene
  • Haplopappus tridentatus(Greene) S.F.Blake
  • Isocoma tridentata(Greene) Greene
  • Linosyris dentataKellogg
  • Isocoma latifoliaGreene
  • Isocoma leucanthemifoliaGreene
  • Isocoma microdontaGreene
  • Isocoma vernonioidesNutt.
  • Isocoma villosaGreene
Isocoma menziesii in the Santa Ana Mountains. Coast goldenbush bees.jpg
Isocoma menziesii in the Santa Ana Mountains.

Isocoma menziesii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name Menzies' goldenbush.

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It is native to California, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, where it grows in coastal and inland habitat such as chaparral, particularly in sandy soils. [2]

Description

Isocoma menziesii is a subshrub forming a matted bush reaching heights of 1–2 m (39–79 in). The erect branching stems may be hairless to woolly, are generally glandular, and vary in color from gray-green to reddish brown. [3]

The leaves are oval-shaped to somewhat rectangular, gray-green and sometimes hairy and glandular, and 1–5 cm (0.39–1.97 in) long with stumpy teeth along the edges. [3]

The abundant inflorescences are clusters of thick flower heads. Each head is a capsule with layers of thick, pointed, greenish phyllaries. The head is filled with large, protruding, cylindrical yellow disc florets with long stigmas. [3]

Varieties

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References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, Isocoma menziesii (Hook. & Arn.) G.L.Nesom
  2. 1 2 Nesom, G.L. 1991. Taxonomy of Isocoma (Compositae: Astereae). Phytologia 70(2): 69–114 includes distribution map on page 72
  3. 1 2 3 4 Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). "Isocoma menziesii". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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