Brickellia magnifica

Brickellia magnifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Brickellia
Species: B. magnifica
Binomial name
Brickellia magnifica
McVaugh

Brickellia magnifica is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to western Mexico in the States of Nayarit and Jalisco.[1]

Brickellia magnifica is a branching shrub up to 250 cm (100 inches) tall. The plant produces several small flower heads with yellow or purple disc florets but no ray florets.[2]

References

  1. 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
  2. McVaugh, Rogers 1972. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 9(4): 382-383, figure 8 description in Latin, commentary and figure captions in English; line drawing on page 382

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