Isocoma pluriflora Greene

Southern goldenbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Isocoma

Characteristics

Herbage usually glabrous or sparsely hispidulous, sometimes densely hirtellous, leaves sometimes stipitate-glandular, never resinous. Leaf blades oblanceolate to narrowly oblong-oblanceolate or nearly linear, mostly 10–40(–50) mm, margins usually entire (hispidulous-cilate, sometimes also on faces), sometimes shallowly toothed distally (especially along western margin of range; teeth in 1(–3) pairs). Involucres 3.2–5.5 × 2.5–4 mm. Phyllary apices yellowish, or if green, then margins scarious, not aristate, gland-dotted, without resin pockets. Florets (8–)11–17(–21); corollas 5–6 mm. Cypsela ribs not forming hornlike extensions. 2n = 12, 24.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.35
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses fuel medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cough Medicine (leaf), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Pediatric Aid (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130462-2
WFO ID wfo-0000014210
COL ID 3Q7W9
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Isocoma wrightii Isocoma pluriflora Linosyris hirtella Bigelowia wrightii Linosyris pluriflora Isocoma halophytica Bigelowia pluriflora Linosyris wrightii Isocoma heterophylla Isocoma hirtella Haplopappus heterophyllus Haplopappus pluriflorus Chrysocoma graveolens Sericocarpus woodhousei Aster heterophyllus Linosyris heterophylla Bigelowia wrightii var. wrightii