Brickellia brachyphylla, the plumed brickellbush[2] or Hinckley's brickellbush,[3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. 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]
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Photo of herbarium specimen collected in New Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. brachyphylla
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Binomial name | |
Brickellia brachyphylla | |
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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
edit- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia brachyphylla (A. Gray) A. Gray
- ^ NRCS. "Brickellia brachyphylla". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ NRCS. "Brickellia hinckleyi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia brachyphylla (A.Gray) A.Gray