Brickellia greenei

Brickellia greenei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Brickellia
Species: B. greenei
Binomial name
Brickellia greenei
A.Gray
Synonyms[1]

Coleosanthus greenei (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia greenei is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Greene's brickellbush.[2] It is native to the mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, including the Cascades, the northern Coast Ranges, and Sierra Nevada (mostly as north of Alpine County but with a few isolated populations in Inyo and Mariposa Counties).[2][3]

Brickellia greenei is a perennial herb growing 20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 in) tall with several glandular, sticky stems covered in leaves. The oval, toothed leaves are up to 3 centimeters (1.2 in) long and sticky with resin glands.[4]

The inflorescences hold widely spaced flower heads, each about2 centimeters (0.79 in) long and lined with narrow, pointed phyllaries. Each flower head holds a nearly spherical array of about 60 thready disc florets. The fruit is a hairy cylindrical achene about 7 millimeters (0.28 in) long with a pappus of bristles.[4][5]

The species is named for American botanist Edward Lee Greene, 1843-1915.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Brickellia greenei A.Gray
  2. 1 2 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Brickellia greenei, A. Gray Greene brickellbush, Greene's Brickelbush, Greene's brickellia
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America, Brickellia greenei A. Gray
  5. 1 2 Gray, Asa 1877. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 58

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