Brickellia oreithales is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern and western Mexico, states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, and Zacatecas.[2]

Brickellia oreithales
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. oreithales
Binomial name
Brickellia oreithales
Synonyms[1]
  • Kuhnia oreithales B.L.Rob.
  • Kuhnia triplinervis S.F.Blake

Brickellia oreithales is an herb up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. The plant produces several small white or pale purple flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia oreithales (B.L.Rob.) Shinners
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1918. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 54: 263 description in Latin, commentary in English
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