Isocoma tenuisecta

Species category

Weed

Common name

burroweed, burrow goldenweed

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

Lanceolate 

Size

  • Length 1.8–2 mm 
  • Width 0.5–0.8 mm 
  • Thickness 0.5–0.8 mm 

Color

White to light brown

Texture

PubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.

Other structures

PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
is long, silky, and abundant.

Identification notes

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
narrows at the basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
half.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Isocoma tenuisecta Greene

Synonyms

Haplopappus tenuisectus (Greene) S.F. Blake

 Isocoma tenuisecta.  Pubescent achenes that narrow at the basal half. Photo by Julia Scher, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.
Isocoma tenuisecta. Pubescent achenes that narrow at the basal half. Photo by Julia Scher, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.