Brickellia microphylla

Brickellia microphylla
var microphylla in Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. microphylla
Binomial name
Brickellia microphylla (Nutt.) A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
Brickellia cedrosensis Greene Brickellia grayanae Hieron. Coleosanthus cedrosensis (Greene) Greene Coleosanthus microphyllus (Nutt.) Kuntze Brickellia scabra (A.Gray) A.Nelson ex B.L.Rob., syn of var. scabra

Brickellia microphylla is a North American species of shrubs in the daisy family, known as the littleleaf brickellbush.^[2] It is widespread across much of the western United States and Mexico from Baja California east to New Mexico and north as far as Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming.^[3][4]

Brickellia microphylla is a shrub up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It produces many small, yellow flower heads, often clumped together at the ends of branches.^[5]

Varieties^[1][5]

• Brickellia microphylla var. microphylla - Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Baja California
• Brickellia microphylla var. scabra A.Gray - Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Baja California

References

1. The Plant List, Brickellia microphylla (Nutt.) A. Gray
2. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Brickellia microphylla (Nutt.) A. Gray, little leaved brickellia, littleleaf brickellbush
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 Memirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
5. Flora of North America Brickellia microphylla (Nuttall) A. Gray

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