Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides

Coastal goldenbush

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Coastal goldenbush is a California native shrub found in southwestern Sacramento Valley, central and southern coastal regions, Channel Islands in protected sites on dunes, lagoon shores, marshes, and dry slopes in grassland and coastal scrub at elevations below 400 meters. Flowering from June to December, this plant produces yellow flowers in dense, flat-topped clusters with individual flower heads 5 to 7 millimeters long. Growing to 1.2 meters tall with erect to decumbent stems that branch at the base, it has a distinctive appearance with densely clustered leaves that often obscure the stem. Its leaves are 10 to 45 millimeters long, varying from linear-oblong to oblanceolate or obovate, with herbage that can be stalked-glandular or gray tomentose. The plant's variable texture ranges from long-soft-hairy to potentially becoming glabrous as it matures.

Habitat: Protected sites on dunes, lagoon shores, marshes, dry slopes in grassland and coastal scrub

Bloom period: Jun-Dec

Elevation: < 400 m

Bioregions: sw ScV, CW, SCo, ChI

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