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Alkali goldenbush

Isocoma acradenia

Also called Alkali Jimmyweed

Alkali goldenbush
Photo: user:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0

Alkali goldenbush is a bushy, wild subshrub of the daisy family, native to dry, mineral-rich ground in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. It is a species of salt flats, gypsum soils and sandy desert, so it is grown mainly for native or xeric plantings where its need for drainage and heat suits the site.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; established plants need little or no extra water.
Soil
Sandy, gravelly or alkaline soil with excellent drainage
Temperature
Hardy to about -7 °C; comfortable in hot summers, protect from prolonged freezing
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. U.S.A. to NW. Mexico

About

Isocoma acradenia is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name alkali goldenbush.

It is native to the Southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). It grows in arid, sandy areas, particularly mineral-rich areas such as alkali flats and gypsum soils.

Other Isocoma plants

Carquinez goldenbush · Aztec goldenbush · Common goldenbush · Drummond's goldenbush · Isocoma felgeri · Isocoma gypsophila · Isocoma hartwegii · Zion goldenbush · Menzies' goldenbush · Southern goldenbush · Rusby's goldenbush · Isocoma tehuacana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isocoma acradenia 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.

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