Brickellia dentata

Brickellia dentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Brickellia
Species: B. dentata
Binomial name
Brickellia dentata
(DC.) Sch.Bip.
Synonyms[1]
  • Brickellia riddellii (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Clavigera dentata DC. 1836
  • Clavigera riddellii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Coleosanthus dentatus (DC.) Kuntze
  • Coleosanthus riddellii (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze ex Small

Brickellia dentata (leafy brickellbush)[2] is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is has been found only in the State of Texas in the south-central United States.[3]

Brickellia dentata is a branching shrub sometimes growing up to 120 centimeters (48 inches or 4 feet) tall. Produces numerous yellow or pale green flower heads in a paniculate array.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Brickellia dentata (DC.) Sch. Bip.
  2. ↑ "Brickellia dentata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Brickellia dentata (de Candolle) Schultz-Bipontinus in B. Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald. 301. 1856.

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