Brickellia betonicifolia

Brickellia betonicifolia, the betonyleaf brickellbush,[2] is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern Mexico, in the States of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango and the southwestern United States (New Mexico and Arizona).[3][4]

Brickellia betonicifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. betonicifolia
Binomial name
Brickellia betonicifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus betonicifolius (A. Gray) Kuntze
  • Coleosanthus betonicaefolius (A. Gray) Kuntze
  • Brickellia betonicaefolia A.Gray

Brickellia betonicifolia is a branching shrub up to 90 cm (36 inches) tall. The plant produces several small flower heads with purple disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

References
  1. Tropicos, Brickellia betonicifolia A. Gray
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia betonicifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Flora of North America, Brickellia betonicifolia A.Gray


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