Brickellia grandiflora |
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large-flowered tasselflower, tasselflower brickellbush |
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Habit | Herbs 2.5–9 dm. |
Stems | puberulent, distally tomentulose. |
Leaves | blades triangular-ovate to ovate or lanceolate, 1.5–10 cm, bases truncate or attenuate; margins serrate-dentate or denticulate; tips acute or acuminate; surfaces glabrous or puberulent, sometimes scabrous abaxially on veins, minutely gland-dotted; short- to long-petiolate. |
Involucres | campanulate, 7–12 mm. |
Disc florets | 20–50; corollas 6.5–7.5 mm; yellowish green. |
Phyllaries | 30–40 in 4–6 series; outer ovate, puberulent; tips usually flexuous; long-acuminate; inner lance-linear; tips acute to acuminate; surfaces usually glabrous, not obviously glandular. |
Fruits | 4–5 mm, brown, scabrous; pappus bristles 4–6 mm. |
Heads | nodding, bracteate. |
2n | =18. |
Brickellia grandiflora |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Coniferous woodlands, shrublands, cliffs, rocky mountainsides, riverbanks, roadsides. Flowering Jul–Sep. 50–2200 m. BR, BW, Casc, Owy. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to NE, southeast to TX. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 206 Kenton Chambers |
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