Isocoma coronopifolia

Isocoma coronopifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Isocoma
Species: I. coronopifolia
Binomial name
Isocoma coronopifolia
(A.Gray) Greene 1894
Synonyms[1]

Isocoma coronopifolia, the common goldenbush,[2] is a North American plant species in the sunflower family. It has been found on both sides of the Río Grande, in Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Chihuahua, and southern Texas.[3]


Isocoma coronopifolia is a shrub up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. The plant produces flower heads in clusters on the tips of branches, each head containing 12-15 disc flowers but no ray flowers.[3]

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