Isocoma tenuisecta

Isocoma tenuisecta

Taxobox
name = Burroweed



image_caption = "Isocoma tenuisecta"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Isocoma"
species = "I. tenuisecta"
binomial = "Isocoma tenuisecta"

"Isocoma tenuisecta", commonly called burroweed, shrine jimmyweed, or burrow goldenweed is a small, flowering perennial herb, native to the Sonoran Desert. It grows 1 to 3 feet tall, and has small yellow flowers growing at the top of woody stems. It flowers in September through November. The leaves are glandular and lobed. The old flowers turn dry and tan and remain on the plant.

Its range is limited to Southern Arizona, Southwestern New Mexico, and Northern Sonora Mexico.

Burroweed is poisonous to mammals. [ [http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/pltx.cgi?QUERY=Isocoma+tenuisecta FDA Poisonous Plants Database.] ]

ynonyms

*Haplopappus fruticosus (Rose & Standl.) S. F. Blake
*Haplopappus tenuisectus (Greene) S. F. Blake ex L. D. Benson
*Isocoma fruticosus Rose & Standl.

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/yellows/yellow31.html Wildflowers of Tucson, Arizona]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067016 Flora of North America]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=Isocoma+tenuisecta&mode=sciname&submit.x=12&submit.y=8 USDA Plants Database]
* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=503209 ITIS Report]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Isocoma tenuisecta — ID 43064 Symbol Key ISTE2 Common Name burroweed Family Asteraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, NM Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb Duration …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Isocoma tenuisecta Greene — Symbol ISTE2 Common Name burroweed Botanical Family Asteraceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Isocoma pluriflora — Taxobox name = Southern Goldenbush image caption = Isocoma tenuisecta regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Astereae genus = Isocoma species = I. pluriflora binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • Isocoma —   Goldenbush Isocoma acradenia …   Wikipedia Español

  • Isocoma — Taxobox name = Goldenbush image width = 250px image caption = Isocoma acradenia regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Astereae genus = Isocoma genus authority = Nutt.… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers — The wildflowers of the Sonoran Desert typically appear after a rain, some after the winter rains, some after the summer monsoons. =Amsinckia intermedia= *Common names: Fiddleneck *Flowers bloom March May=Anemone tuberosa= *Common name:… …   Wikipedia

  • Mojave Desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. ab. 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km). Also, Mohave Desert. * * * or Mohave Desert Arid region, southeastern California, U.S. Occupying more than 25,000 sq mi (65,000 sq km), it extends from the… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”