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Isocarpha atriplicifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Isocarpha
Species:	I. atriplicifolia
Binomial name
Isocarpha atriplicifolia (L.) R.Br. ex DC. 1836
Synonyms
Synonymy Bidens atriplicifolia L. 1756 Calydermos atriplicifolius (L.) Spreng. Isocarpha alternifolia Cass. Isocarpha bilbergiana Schlecht. & Cham. Isocarpha billbergiana Less. Isocarpha cabana S.F.Blake Spilanthes atriplicifolius (L.) L.

Isocarpha atriplicifolia is a New World species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widely distributed in southern Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America, the West Indies (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad), and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, northeastern Brazil (Maranhão)).

Isocarpha atriplicifolia is an annual or perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 10 cm (4 inches) long. One plant produces several flower heads, each a long flower stalk, each head with many white disc flowers but no ray flowers.

References

1. The Plant List, Isocarpha atriplicifolia (L.) R. Br. ex DC.
2. ^ David J. Keil & Tod F. Stuessy. 1981. Systematics of Isocarpha (Compositae: Eupatorieae). Systematic Botany (1981) 6(3): pp. 258-287 descriptions, line drawings, distribution maps for all 5 species

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in 1903 on Isla de Pinos (now called Isla de la Juventud, part of Cuba)

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