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Adiaphila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Adiaphila
G.L.Nesom (2021)
Species:
A. brickellioides
Binomial name
Adiaphila brickellioides
(S.F.Blake) G.L.Nesom (2021)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haplopappus brickellioides S.F.Blake (1922)
  • Hazardia brickellioides (S.F.Blake) W.D.Clark (1979)

Adiaphila brickellioides is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae known by the common name brickellbush goldenweed.[2] It is native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, where it grows in rocky limestone habitat.[3][4][5]

Adiaphila brickellioides is a shrub producing a stem 20–80 centimetres (7.9–31.5 in) tall which is coated in rough hairs often tipped with yellowish resin glands. The hairy, leathery leaves are oval, up to about 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) long, and usually lined with spiny teeth. The plant produces several flower heads each roughly a centimeter (0.4 inches) wide when open. The flower head is lined with roughly hairy, glandular phyllaries and contains disc florets surrounded with a fringe of tiny yellow ray florets. The fruit is a hairy white achene topped with a pappus of many white or brown bristles.[6]

The species was first described as Haplopappus brickellioides in 1922 by Sidney Fay Blake. In 1979 W. Dennis Clark placed it in genus Hazardia as Hazardia brickellioides.[1] In 2021 Guy L. Nesom placed it in its own genus, Adiaphila.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Adiaphila brickellioides (S.F.Blake) G.L.Nesom. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Hazardia brickellioides (S.F. Blake) W.D. Clark". USDA. Plants Profile. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Hazardia brickellioides (S.F. Blake) W. Clark, brickellbush goldenweed
  5. ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
  6. ^ Flora of North America, Hazardia brickellioides (S. F. Blake) W. D. Clark, 1979. Brickellbush bristleweed
  7. ^ Nesom, G.L. 2021. Two new North American genera segregated from Hazardia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytoneuron 2021-39: 1–36. Published 13 September 2021. ISSN 2153-733X
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