Isocoma arguta

Greene

Man. Bot. San Francisco, 175. 1894.

Common names: Contra Costa jimmyweed Carquinez or suisun goldenbush
EndemicConservation concern
Synonyms: Haplopappus venetus var. argutus (Greene) D. D. Keck
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 442. Mentioned on page 440.

Herbage glabrous or minutely hispidulous, stipitate-glandular. Leaf-blades oblong-obovate, 10–25 mm, margins serrate to lobed (teeth or lobes in 3–5 even pairs, spinulose-aristate). Involucres 5–7 × 4–5 mm. Phyllary apices greenish, spinulose-aristate, densely and promently gland-dotted, glands often coalesced as small resin pockets. Florets 10–13; corollas 4–5 mm. Cypsela ribs not forming apical horns.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Low hills, alkaline and subsaline plains, alkali marshes, stream benches, grasslands, fencelines
Elevation: 0–20(–50) m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Isocoma arguta is known only from Contra Costa and Solano counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

... more about "Isocoma arguta"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Greene +
decurrent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
oblong-obovate +
linear;oblanceolate or obovate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Contra Costa jimmyweed +  and Carquinez or suisun goldenbush +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
subterete +, terete +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0–20(–50) m +
gland-dotted;gland-dotted +
sericeous +, tomentose +, glabrous +, villous +  and hispidulous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
coalesced +
Low hills, alkaline and subsaline plains, alkali marshes, stream benches, grasslands, fencelines +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
stipitate-glandular +, hispidulous +  and glabrous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
obconic;turbinate or campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
serrate +  and lobed +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
oblong +  and elliptic-lanceolate +
spinulose-aristate +
Man. Bot. San Francisco, +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
concave;usually flat;conic +
exalbuminous +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
eglandular +  and few-branched +
resinous +
gland-dotted +
stipitate-glandular +, tomentose +, villous +, hispidulous +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Haplopappus venetus var. argutus +
Isocoma arguta +
species +
goblet--shaped +
ampliate +
dark orange-resinous +
120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +