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Isocarpha atriplicifolia, the Spanish pearlhead, is a New World annual or short-lived perennial herb of the daisy family, growing up to about 120 cm tall with white, ray-less flower heads. It is a wild species of tropical and subtropical America and is rarely grown in gardens, so cultivation advice is limited.
Isocarpha atriplicifolia, the spanish pearlhead, is a New World species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widely distributed in southern Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America, the West Indies (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad), and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, northeastern Brazil (Maranhão)).
Isocarpha atriplicifolia is an annual or perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 10 cm (4 inches) long. One plant produces several flower heads, each a long flower stalk, each head with many white disc flowers but no ray flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isocarpha atriplicifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
