Isocoma veneta (also known as false damiana) is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Coahuila and Tamaulipas south as far as Oaxaca and Veracruz.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Isocoma |
| Species: | I. veneta
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Isocoma veneta is a subshrub up to 70 centimetres (28 in) tall. It produces flower heads in clusters at the tips of branches, each head with 17-26 disc flowers but no ray flowers.[3]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Isocoma veneta (Kunth) Greene
- ^ "Isocoma veneta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b Nesom, G.L. 1991. Taxonomy of Isocoma (Compositae: Astereae). Phytologia 70(2): 69–114 description of I. veneta on pages 110-111, distribution map on page 75
- ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
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