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large-flowered tasselflower, tasselflower brickellbush

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

Distribution
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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
Sibling taxa
B. californica, B. greenei, B. microphylla, B. oblongifolia
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