Brickellia floribunda

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Brickellia floribunda
Brickellia floribunda.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. floribunda
Binomial name
Brickellia floribunda
A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus floribundus (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia floribunda (Chihuahuan brickellbush)[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to northern Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora and Chihuahua) and the south-western United States (Arizona and New Mexico).[3][4][5][6]

Brickellia floribunda is a branching shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. The plant produces many small flower heads with white or pale yellow-green disc florets but no ray florets.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia floribunda A.Gray
  2. ^ "Brickellia floribunda". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Brickellia floribunda A. Gray includes photos and distribution map
  7. ^ Gray, Asa 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(6): 73 in Latin and English
  8. ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia floribunda A. Gray

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