Brickellia oblongifolia

Brickellia oblongifolia
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.
Synonyms [1]
Brickellia mohavensisA.Gray Coleosanthus abbreviatusGreene Coleosanthus humilisGreene Coleosanthus mohavensis(A.Gray) Kuntze Coleosanthus oblongifolius(Nutt.) Kuntze Brickellia linifoliaD.C.Eaton, syn of var. linifolia

Brickellia oblongifolia, the Mojave brickellbush, ^[2] is North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across arid and semi-arid regions in the western United States and Canada, from British Columbia south to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico. ^[3]

Brickellia oblongifolia is a perennial herb of subshrub up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. Flower heads sometime appear one at a time, sometimes in groups of several, each head cream-colored or pale yellow-green, containing disc florets but no ray florets. ^[4]

Varieties ^[1]

• Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia(D.C.Eaton) B.L.Rob. - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington
• Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia - British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Montana

References

1. The Plant List, Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.
2. "Plant Profile - Brickellia oblongifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service . United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 16 May 2015.
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. Flora of North America, Brickellia oblongifolia Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 288. 1840.