Brickelliastrum fendleri
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Brickelliastrum |
| Species: | B. fendleri
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Synonymy
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Brickelliastrum fendleri, known by the common name Fendler's brickellbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Mexico.[3]
Description
[edit]Brickelliastrum fendleri is a perennial herb or subshrub.[4] It can reach around 80 centimeters tall.[5] It produces cymose panicles, each with a few heads of flowers. Its bright white flowers help distinguish it from the similar species Brickellia grandiflora, which has more cream or yellow-colored flowers.[6] Brickellia grandiflora also has a row of bracts around the outer calyx, which Brickelliastrum fendleri lacks.[7]
Brickelliastrum fendleri has simple leaves that are usually oppositely arranged.[5] Its deltoid or triangular-ovate leaves have crenate-serrate to serrate margins, and truncate to cordate bases.[3][7] It is fibrous-rooted and has woody caudices.[5][7]
The fruit is a cypsela, although it is often incorrectly referred to as an achene.[5] Fruits are 5-ribbed.[7]
Ecology
[edit]Brickelliastrum fendleri has been documented in New Mexico, eastern Arizona, west Texas, and northern Mexico.[8][9] It grows in pine and mixed conifer woodlands and on limestone boulders, ridgetops, sandstone bluffs, and crevices.[5] It grows at elevations of around 6,000–9,500 feet (1829–2896 meters).[7]
It flowers from July to October.[5]
Etymology
[edit]Brickelliastrum is derived from the genus Brickellia,[7] which is named for 1748–1809, Irish-born physician and naturalist.[10] The specific epithet fendleri is for Augustus Fendler.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Brickellia fendleri". NatureServe Explorer Brickellia fendleri. NatureServe. Retrieved 23 Dec 2024.
- ^ The World Flora Online Brickelliastrum fendleri (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- ^ a b "Brickelliastrum fendleri - FNA". floranorthamerica.org. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.sc.egov.usda.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness-- Brickelliastrum fendleri". wnmu.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g "SEINet Portal Network - Brickelliastrum fendleri". swbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "Brickelliastrum fendleri | Fendler's brickellbush". wildflowersearch.org. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "Brickelliastrum fendleri (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob". www.worldfloraonline.org. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "Brickellia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
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