Brickellia rusbyi, the stinking brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora) and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona).[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. rusbyi
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Binomial name | |
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Brickellia rusbyi is a branching shrub up to 120 cm (36 inches) tall, growing from a woody base. It produces many small flower heads with yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]
The species is named for American botanist Henry Hurd Rusby (1855-1940).[6]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia rusbyi A.Gray
- ^ NRCS. "Brickellia rusbyi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia pringlei A.Gray
- ^ Gray, Asa 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 106