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Isocoma azteca

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Asteraceae

Genus
  
Isocoma

Order
  
Asterales

Tribe
  
Astereae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Isocoma tenuisecta, Isocoma pluriflora, Isocoma acradenia, Isocoma

Isocoma azteca, common names Apache jimmyweed or Aztec goldenbush, is a plant species native to Arizona and New Mexico. It grows on sandy to clay soils, often with Atriplex sp., at elevations of 1,500–1,800 m (4,900–5,900 ft).

Isocoma azteca is a shrub or subshrub up to 150 cm (59 in) tall. Herbage is glabrous or with scattered stipitate glands but not resinous. Leaves are narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long, deeply lobed. Flowers are yellow with dark orange veins, 18-25 disc flowers per head.

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Isocoma azteca Wikipedia