Brickellia floribunda

Brickellia floribunda, the Chihuahuan brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. 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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. floribunda
Binomial name
Brickellia floribunda
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus floribundus (A.Gray) Kuntze

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. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia floribunda". 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. 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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