Wildflowers of Tucson, Arizona
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Isocoma tenuisecta - Burroweed Isocoma tenuisecta - Burroweed
Scientific Name: Isocoma tenuisecta
Common Name: Burroweed
Flower Color: Yellow
Plant Type: Subshrub, Herb, Perennial
Height: 1 to 3 feet (30 to 91 cm) tall
Date Observed: August 25, 2002
Notes: Poisonous. The flower heads are in rounded clusters at the tips of the woody stems. The leaves are alternate, dark green, small, thickened, gland-dotted, and pinnately-lobed with linear, point-tipped lobes. This native, desert plant blooms in the late summer and early fall in open and disturbed areas.
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