Brickellia brachyphylla

Brickellia brachyphylla (plumed brickellbush[2] or Hinckley's brickellbush)[3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is native to the southwestern United States, in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, western Texas, and the Oklahoma Panhandle. There are reports that it formerly occurred in southwestern Kansas, but these populations appear to be extinct.[4]

Brickellia brachyphylla
photo of herbarium specimen collected in New Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae
Genus:
Brickellia
Species:
B. brachyphylla
Binomial name
Brickellia brachyphylla
Synonyms[1]
  • Brickellia hinckleyi Standl.
  • Clavigera brachyphylla A.Gray
  • Coleosanthus brachyphyllus (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia brachyphylla is a shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with pale green disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

References
  1. The Plant List, Brickellia brachyphylla (A. Gray) A. Gray
  2. "Brickellia brachyphylla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. "Brickellia hinckleyi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Flora of North America, Brickellia brachyphylla (A.Gray) A.Gray


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