Higher classification Isocoma | Scientific name Isocoma menziesii Rank Species | |
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Similar Isocoma, Daisy family, Encelia californica, Hazardia squarrosa, Heterotheca grandiflora | ||
Coast goldenbush isocoma menziesii san diego california
Isocoma menziesii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, 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.
Description
Isocoma menziesii is a subshrub forming a matted bush reaching between one and two meters (40-80 inches) tall. The erect branching stems may be hairless to woolly, are generally glandular, and vary in color from gray-green to reddish brown.
The leaves are oval-shaped to somewhat rectangular, gray-green and sometimes hairy and glandular, and 1–5 centimetres (0.39–1.97 in) long with stumpy teeth along the edges.
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.