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Brickellia frutescens

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Brickellia frutescens
photo of herbarium specimen collected in Arizona
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B. frutescens
Binomial name
Brickellia frutescens
Synonyms[1]

Coleosanthus fructescens (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia frutescens (shrubby brickellbush)[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. 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]

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.