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betonyleaf brickellbush

Mt. Davis brickellbush

Habit Perennials, 30–90 cm. Perennials, 12–30 cm (caudices woody).
Stems

branched from bases, pubescent.

branched, pubescent.

Leaves

opposite;

petioles 1–5 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, oblong, obovate, or ovate, (15–)30–80 × 10–35 mm, bases cordate or truncate, margins crenate-serrate, apices acute to obtuse, faces sparsely pubescent and gland-dotted.

opposite;

petioles 0–1 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate-ovate to lanceolate, 7–30 × 4–28 mm, bases mostly obtuse to subtruncate, sometimes acuminate, margins serrate, apices acute, faces puberulent, gland-dotted.

Peduncles

2–15 mm, hispid to hirsute.

10–30 mm, puberulent.

Involucres

cylindric to narrowly campanulate, 8–12 mm.

cylindric to campanulate, 8–12 mm.

Florets

10–16;

corollas purplish, 7–9 mm.

8–14;

corollas pale green or yellow, 5.5–6.5 mm.

Phyllaries

17–20 in 3–5 series, pale green, often purplish, 5–9-striate, unequal, margins narrowly scarious-ciliate (apices acute to acuminate);

outer lance-ovate (sparsely pubescent), inner narrowly lanceolate (glabrous).

12–15 in 3–5 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 5–7-striate, unequal, margins scarious (apices acute);

outer ovate to lance-ovate (puberulent, margins ciliate), inner narrowly lanceolate (glabrous).

Heads

erect, usually in loose, paniculiform arrays, sometimes borne singly.

borne singly or in corymbiform-paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

3–4 mm, densely pubescent to velutinous;

pappi of 40–52 white, barbellate bristles.

4.5–5 mm, densely pubescent;

pappi of 24–30 white, usually barbellate, sometimes subplumose, bristles.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Brickellia betonicifolia

Brickellia parvula

Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct. Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Oak woodlands, open limestone hillsides Limestone or granitic cliffs
Elevation 1500–2000 m (4900–6600 ft) 1500–2500 m (4900–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 495. FNA vol. 21, p. 505.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia
Sibling taxa
B. amplexicaulis, B. atractyloides, B. baccharidea, B. brachyphylla, B. californica, B. chenopodina, B. cordifolia, B. coulteri, B. cylindracea, B. dentata, B. desertorum, B. eupatorioides, B. floribunda, B. frutescens, B. grandiflora, B. greenei, B. hinckleyi, B. incana, B. knappiana, B. laciniata, B. lemmonii, B. longifolia, B. microphylla, B. nevinii, B. oblongifolia, B. parvula, B. pringlei, B. rusbyi, B. simplex, B. venosa, B. veronicifolia
B. amplexicaulis, B. atractyloides, B. baccharidea, B. betonicifolia, B. brachyphylla, B. californica, B. chenopodina, B. cordifolia, B. coulteri, B. cylindracea, B. dentata, B. desertorum, B. eupatorioides, B. floribunda, B. frutescens, B. grandiflora, B. greenei, B. hinckleyi, B. incana, B. knappiana, B. laciniata, B. lemmonii, B. longifolia, B. microphylla, B. nevinii, B. oblongifolia, B. pringlei, B. rusbyi, B. simplex, B. venosa, B. veronicifolia
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 72. (1853) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 84. (1852)
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