Isocoma tenuisecta
Encyclopedia
Isocoma tenuisecta, commonly called burroweed, shrine jimmyweed, or burrow goldenweed is a small, flowering perennial herb, native to the Sonoran Desert
. It grows 1 to 3 feet tall, and has small yellow flowers growing at the top of woody stems. It flowers in September through November. The leaves are glandular and lobed. The old flowers turn dry and tan and remain on the plant.
Its range is limited to Southern Arizona
, Southwestern New Mexico
, and Northern Sonora
Mexico
.
Burroweed is poisonous to mammals.
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
. It grows 1 to 3 feet tall, and has small yellow flowers growing at the top of woody stems. It flowers in September through November. The leaves are glandular and lobed. The old flowers turn dry and tan and remain on the plant.
Its range is limited to Southern Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, Southwestern New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, and Northern Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
Burroweed is poisonous to mammals.
Synonyms
- Haplopappus fruticosus (Rose & Standl.) S. F. Blake
- Haplopappus tenuisectus (Greene) S. F. Blake ex L. D. Benson
- Isocoma fruticosus Rose & Standl.