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Brickellia amplexicaulis

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Species of flowering plant

Brickellia amplexicaulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species: B. amplexicaulis
Binomial name
Brickellia amplexicaulis
B.L.Rob.
Synonyms
  • Brickellia wislizeni var. lanceolata A.Gray 1884
  • Coleosanthus amplexicaulis (B.L.Rob.) Ortega

Brickellia amplexicaulis, the earleaf brickellbush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern and north-central Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua) and also to the southwestern United States (Arizona and southwestern New Mexico (Hidalgo County)).

Brickellia amplexicaulis is a branching shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Its leaves partially surround the stems. The plant produces many small flower heads with yellow or cream-colored disc florets but no ray florets.

References

  1. The Plant List, Brickellia amplexicaulis B.L.Rob.
  2. NRCS. "Brickellia amplexicaulis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (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. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Flora of North America, Brickellia amplexicaulis B. L. Robinson
  6. Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1911. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 47(6): 199 description in Latin, commentary in English
Taxon identifiers
Brickellia amplexicaulis


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