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Brickellia grandiflora

tasselflower brickellbush, large flowered tasselflower, large flowered thoroughwort
Habit Perennial herb from long, thickened roots, usually with many stems from near the base, 2.5-7 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves mostly alternate, with petioles 0.3-7 cm. long, the blades deltoid-ovate, sub-cordate, toothed, 2-11 cm. long and 1-6 cm. wide.
Flowers

Heads discoid, cylindric, several to many in a sub-umbelliform inflorescence;

involucre 7-12 mm. high, imbricate, striate, the outer bracts tipped with a slender appendage;

corollas white, 10-40 in each head;

filaments exerted, yellow;

pappus of barbellate bristles.
Fruits

Achene 10-ribbed.

Brickellia grandiflora
Flowering time July-October
Habitat Openings in woods at moderate elevations, sometimes in plains.
Distribution
Occasional east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
B. microphylla, B. oblongifolia
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