Isocoma azteca
| Isocoma azteca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Isocoma |
| Species: | I. azteca |
| Binomial name | |
| Isocoma azteca (Greene) Greene | |
Isocoma azteca, common name Apache jimmyweed, is a plant species native to Arizona and New Mexico. It grows on sandy to clay soils, often with Atriplex sp., at elevations of 1500-1800 m (5000-6000 feet).[1]
Isocoma azteca is a shrub or subshrub up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. Herbage is glabrous or with scattered stipitate glands but not resinous. Leaves are narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, up to 50 mm (2 inches) long, deeply lobed. Flowers are yellow with dark orange veins, 18-25 disc flowers per head.[2]