Isocoma veneta (Kunth) Greene is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Isocoma veneta (Kunth) Greene

Isocoma veneta (Kunth) Greene

Isocoma veneta, false damiana, is a Mexican subshrub in the Asteraceae family widespread across much of Mexico.

Family
Genus
Isocoma
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Isocoma veneta (Kunth) Greene

Isocoma veneta (Kunth) Greene, also called false damiana, is a Mexican plant species belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is widely distributed across much of Mexico, ranging from Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the north, south to Oaxaca and Veracruz. This species is a subshrub that can grow up to 70 centimetres, or 28 inches, tall. It produces clusters of flower heads at the tips of its branches; each head contains 17–26 disc flowers and has no ray flowers.

Photo: (c) María Eugenia Mendiola González, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by María Eugenia Mendiola González · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Isocoma

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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