Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Coastal scrub

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

Coastal Goldenbush is a native California shrub of the daisy family that carpets coastal sage scrub and bluffs with dense clusters of bright yellow flower heads from late summer into autumn. It is one of the last plants to bloom each year, making it a critical late-season nectar source for bees and butterflies when little else is flowering.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Isocoma

Species

Isocoma menziesii