Isocoma menziesii
Isocoma menziesii var. decumbens
coastal goldenbush, Menzies' goldenbush, Pacific jimmyweed, white flower goldenbush
decumbent goldenbush, Menzies' goldenbush
glabrous or villlous, sometimes stipitate-glandular, not resinous.
prostrate to decumbent or ± erect;
herbage finely and closely grayish-arachnoid-tomentose or glabrous, minutely stipitate-glandular.
blades obovate to spatulate or oblanceolate to nearly linear, 5–40 mm, margins entire or toothed to lobed.
blades narrowly oblanceolate, 5–22 × 2–4 mm, not thick-fleshy, margins entire or with 1–2 pairs of teeth distally.
(6–)7–9 × 6–8 mm.
(15–)18–25(–28);
corollas 5–7 mm.
5–6.5 mm.
in corymbiform to loose, paniculiform arrays.
2.3–3.6 mm.
apices green to yellowish, not aristate, sometimes with weakly developed, non- or weakly spinulose projection, gland-dotted, without resin pockets or pockets small, weakly developed (var. decumbens and var. menziesii).
ribs not forming apical horns.
= 24.
Isocoma menziesii
Isocoma menziesii var. decumbens
Varieties 5 (5 in the flora).
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Of conservation concern.
Variety decumbens grows in San Diego County and southward.
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1. Leaf blades mostly obovate, thick-fleshy, margins coarsely serrate; stems decumbent, prostrate, or pendent; herbage glabrous | var. sedoides |
1. Leaf blades obovate to oblanceolate, usually not thick-fleshy, margins entire or toothed (if so then at least stems densely villous); stems erect to ascending or decumbent; herbage glabrous, villous, tomentose, or stipitate-glandular | → 2 |
2. Herbage essentially glabrous, stipitate-glandular | → 3 |
2. Herbage glabrous, villous, or tomentose, not prominently glandular or glands beneath other vestiture | → 4 |
3. Stems prostrate to decumbent or ± erect; leaves 5–22 × 2–4 mm; heads in corymbiform to loose, paniculiform arrays; cypselae 2.3–3.6 mm; San Diego County southward | var. decumbens |
3. Stems strictly erect; leaves 20–40 × 4–10 mm; heads in corymbiform arrays; cypselae (3.8–)4.5–5 mm; San Benito and Santa Clara counties | var. diabolica |
4. Plants densely tomentose or villous | → 5 |
4. Plants glabrous or glabrate | → 6 |
5. Herbage finely and closely grayish-arachnoid-tomentose; leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, 5–22 × 2–4 mm, margins entire or with 1–2 pairs of teeth distally | var. decumbens |
5. Herbage hirtellous, villoso-pilose, or densely gray-tomentose (hairs flattened, vitreous, long); leaf blades linear to oblanceolate or spatulate-oblong, 10–40 × 2–6(–9) mm, at least proximal leaves with toothed margins | var. vernonioides |
6. Leaf margins entire or with 1–2 pairs of teeth or shallow lobes distally | var. menziesii |
6. At least proximal leaves toothed along most margins | var. vernonioides |
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