Brickellia hebecarpa is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to western Mexico, the states of Colima, Michoacán, and Jalisco.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. hebecarpa
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Binomial name | |
Brickellia hebecarpa | |
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Brickellia hebecarpa is a branching shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall with purple flower heads borne on short side branches.[4]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia hebecarpa (DC.) A.Gray
- ^ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1895. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1: 333 as Brickellia colimae
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