Isocoma acradenia Greene

Alkali goldenbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Isocoma

Characteristics

Herbage usually glabrous, sometimes minutely hispidulous, often stipitate-glandular, often resinous. Leaf blades oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 20–150 mm, margins entire or toothed or lobed (teeth or lobes apically rounded-obtuse). Involucres 5–8 × 5–7 mm. Phyllary apices yellowish to greenish yellow, sometimes spinulose-aristate, usually not gland-dotted, usually with single, strongly developed, subepidermal resin pocket nearly as wide as bracts, sometimes a central pocket and 2+ smaller, lateral ones (resin pockets sometimes formed from numerous, coalesced, sessile glands). Florets 12–27; corollas 5–7(–8) mm. Cypsela ribs not forming apical horns.
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.8
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses fiber medicinal
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Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (leaf), Throat Aid (leaf)
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Images

Isocoma acradenia unspecified picture

Distribution

Isocoma acradenia world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130440-2
WFO ID wfo-0000016979
COL ID 3Q7VL
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Haplopappus acradenius Isocoma limitanea Aster acradenius Isocoma acradenia Bigelowia acradenia Isocoma acradenia subsp. acradenia Haplopappus acradenius subsp. acradenius Haplopappus acradenius var. acradenius Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia

Lower taxons

Isocoma acradenia var. bracteosa Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila