Isocoma pluriflora

Isocoma pluriflora
In New Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Isocoma
Species:	I. pluriflora
Binomial name
Isocoma pluriflora (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene 1894
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Linosyris pluriflora Torr. & A.Gray 1842 Aster heterophyllus (A.Gray) Kuntze 1891 not Thunb. 1800 Bigelowia pluriflora (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray Bigelowia wrightii (A.Gray) A.Gray Bigelovia pluriflora (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray Bigelovia wrightii (A.Gray) A.Gray Chrysocoma graveolens Torr. Haplopappus heterophyllus (A.Gray) S.F.Blake Haplopappus pluriflorus (Torr. & A.Gray) H.M.Hall Isocoma halophytica B.L.Turner Isocoma heterophylla (A.Gray) Greene Isocoma hirtella (A.Gray) A.Heller Isocoma oxylepis Wooton & Standl. Isocoma wrightii (A.Gray) Rydb. Linosyris heterophylla A.Gray Linosyris hirtella A.Gray Linosyris wrightii A.Gray

Isocoma pluriflora, commonly called southern jimmyweed or southern goldenbush, is a North American species of flowering perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae. It grows in northern Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León) and in the southwestern and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Texas).^[2][3][4]

Isocoma pluriflora grows 1–3.5 feet (0.30–1.07 m) tall. Leaves are narrow, up to 5 cm (2 inches) long. The plant produces numerous flower heads in a cluster at the top of the stem, each head with 8-21 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers. The species is named "pluriflora", 'many flowered', for its up to 25-50 vertical and approximately parallel stalks, tipped with yellow golden flower heads.^[5]