Isocoma pluriflora
(Southern Goldenbush)
Isocoma pluriflora, Lajitas Airport Trails, Brewster Co. 5733
Isocoma pluriflora, Lajitas Airport Trails, Brewster Co. 5726
Isocoma pluriflora, Lajitas Airport Trails, Brewster Co. 5753
Isocoma pluriflora, Lajitas Airport Trails, Brewster Co. 5738
Isocoma pluriflora, Lajitas Airport Trails, Brewster Co. 5750
Isocoma pluriflora, Lajitas Airport Trails, Brewster Co. 3128
| Scientific Name | Isocoma pluriflora (Isocoma wrightii) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ISPL |
| Common Name | Southern Goldenbush, Southern Jimmyweed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 37804 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various areas and soils: saline, sandy, gypsum, alkaline or clay soils on mesas, plains, floodplains, flats, seepy areas, ditches, drainages and roadsides. Plant: Erect, weak shrub or large perennial with several vertical stem, mostly smooth; older plants usually woody; 1 to 3-1/2 ft. tall. Leaves: Alternate, narrow linear to linear-oblanceolate blades, 3/8 to 2 inches long about 1/8-inch wide, the edges entire to short-dentate and covered with short hairs; surfaces covered with resinous dots. Inflorescence: Numerous yellow rayless flowers in dense terminal cymes; 7 to 15 disk florets head; cylindrical/turbinate involucres with overlapping phyllaries, straw colored with yellowish or greenish tips. Bloom Period: June to October. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Southwest Desert Flora and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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