Isocoma humilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Isocoma |
Species: | I. humilis
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Binomial name | |
Isocoma humilis G.L.Nesom 1991 not Haplopappus humilis Reiche 1902
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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 family Asteraceae. 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 in) tall. Herbage is covered with copious hairs. Leaves are narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long, deeply lobed. Each flower head is up to 7 mm (0.28 in) wide (fairly large for the genus) and has 19-28 disc flowers but no ray flowers.[3][5]