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Brickellia simplex

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Brickellia simplex
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B. simplex
Binomial name
Brickellia simplex
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus simplex (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia simplex (Sonoran brickellbush)[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila) and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona).[3][4]

Brickellia simplex is a branching shrub up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]


References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia simplex A.Gray
  2. ^ NRCS. "Brickellia simplex". 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 simplex A.Gray