Brickellia oblongifolia, the Mojave brickellbush,[2] is North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across arid and semi-arid regions in the western United States and Canada, from British Columbia south to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Brickellia |
| Species: | B. oblongifolia
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Brickellia oblongifolia is a perennial herb of subshrub up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. Flower heads sometime appear one at a time, sometimes in groups of several, each head cream-colored or pale yellow-green, containing disc florets but no ray florets.[4]
- Varieties[1]
- Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia (D.C.Eaton) B.L.Rob. - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington
- Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia - British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Montana
References
edit- ^ a b The Plant List, Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.
- ^ "Plant Profile - Brickellia oblongifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia oblongifolia Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 288. 1840.
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