Brickellia frutescens

Brickellia frutescens
photo of herbarium specimen collected in Arizona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Brickellia
Species: B. frutescens
Binomial name
Brickellia frutescens
Synonyms[1]

Coleosanthus fructescens (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia frutescens (shrubby brickellbush)[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is native to desert regions of Arizona, southern Nevada, southern California, and Baja California.[3][4]

Brickellia frutescens is a shrub up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. It is highly branched, with many small purple flower heads.[5]

References

  1. The Plant List, Brickellia frutescens Coville
  2. "Brickellia frutescens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. 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
  5. Flora of North America, Brickellia frutescens A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 17: 207. 1882.

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