​Southern Goldenbush, Southern Jimmyweed, Rayless Goldenrod,Isocoma pluriflora,Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

Found in floodplains, washes, alkaline/saline soils
Seen blooming in July in Red Wash Canyon

Here is another yellow shrub that at first glance looks like a small version of the widespread Chamisa, but a closer look reveals some differences. It only grows to about two feet tall compared to the Chamisa which can be from two to nine feet tall and scruffy. Its straw-colored stems have few branches and are not white hairy. Leaves are narrow and up to two inches long with smooth edges and sometimes shallow teeth. Flowers have a faint, sweet fragrance and grow in dense clusters at the top of the stem. Flowers grow in a round cluster with no petals and 8 to 21 yellow disk flowers, Chamisa has only 5 disk flowers. Southern Goldenbush is poisonous to livestock. It was used by Native Americans as a lotion to heal an infant's navel, a poultice was applied for muscular pain and leaves were chewed for coughs. Source.

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