Isocoma humilis
| Isocoma humilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Isocoma |
| Species: | I. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Isocoma humilis G.L.Nesom 1991 not Haplopappus humilis Reiche 1902 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Haplopappus leverichiic Cronquist 1994 | |
Isocoma humilis, common names Zion goldenbush[2] or Zion jimmyweed,[3] is a rare North American plant species in the sunflower family. It has been found only in southern Utah in the United States. Some of the populations lie inside Zion National Park.[4][5]
Isocoma humilis is a low, branching shrub rarely more than 8 cm (3.2 inches) tall. Herbage is covered with copious hairs. Leaves are narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, up to 50 mm (2 inches) long, deeply lobed. Each flower head is up to 7 mm wide (0.28 inches, fairly large for the genus) and has 19-28 disc flowers but no ray flowers.[5][3]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Isocoma humilis G.L.Nesom
- ↑ "Isocoma humilis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- 1 2 Flora of North America, Isocoma humilis G. L. Nesom, 1991. Zion jimmyweed
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- 1 2 Nesom, G.L. 1991. Taxonomy of Isocoma (Compositae: Astereae). Phytologia 70(2): 69–114 description of I. humilis on pages 92-93, distribution map on page 73
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