Isocoma menziesii var. decumbens
Phytologia 70: 95. 1991.
Basionym: Isocoma decumbens Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 172. 1906
Synonyms: Haplopappus venetus subsp. furfuraceus (Greene) H. M. Hall Isocoma veneta var. furfuracea (Greene) R. M. Beauchamp
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Stems prostrate to decumbent or ± erect; herbage finely and closely grayish-arachnoid-tomentose or glabrous, minutely stipitate-glandular. Leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, 5–22 × 2–4 mm, not thick-fleshy, margins entire or with 1–2 pairs of teeth distally. Heads in corymbiform to loose, paniculiform arrays. Corollas 5–6.5 mm. Cypselae 2.3–3.6 mm. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Nov.
Habitat: Sandy flats or slopes, commonly in disturbed sites
Elevation: 10–50(–200) m
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California).
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Variety decumbens grows in San Diego County and southward.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.