Brickellia coulteri |
Brickellia californica |
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California brickellbush, California tasselflower |
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Habit | Shrubs deciduous, 5–20 dm. | |
Stems | puberulent, distally tomentulose, sometimes glandular-puberulent. |
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Leaves | blades triangular-ovate, 1.5–7 cm, bases truncate or attenuate; margins denticulate or serrate-dentate; tips acute or obtuse; surfaces glabrous or puberulent, sometimes stipitate-glandular, minutely gland-dotted, usually short-petiolate. |
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Involucres | narrowly campanulate, 6–12 mm. |
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Disc florets | 8–18; corollas 5.5–8 mm, yellow-green. |
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Phyllaries | 21–35 in 6–8 series; outer ovate to lanceolate; tips erect, obtuse to acuminate; innermost linear; tips obtuse to acuminate, glabrous or puberulent, not obviously glandular. |
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Fruits | 2.5–3.5 mm, pale brown, scabrous; pappus bristles 6–7 mm. |
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Heads | erect or spreading, bracteate. |
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2n | =18. |
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Brickellia coulteri |
Brickellia californica |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Woodlands, hillsides, riverbanks. Flowering Jul–Sep. 0–1300 m. Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV; southeast to TX, south to Mexico. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 206 Kenton Chambers |
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