Brickellia frutescens

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Brickellia frutescens
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Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Arizona
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. frutescens
Binomial name
Brickellia frutescens
Synonyms [1]

Coleosanthus fructescens(A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia frutescens, the shrubby brickellbush, [2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to desert regions of Arizona, southern Nevada, southern California, and Baja California. [3] [4]

Brickellia frutescens is a shrub up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. It is highly branched, with many small purple flower heads. [5]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Brickellia frutescens Coville
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia frutescens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  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 Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
  5. Flora of North America, Brickellia frutescens A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 17: 207. 1882.

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