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large flower brickelbush, large flower thoroughwort, large-flower brickellia, large-flower tassel-flower, tassel-flower brickellbush

Sonoran brickellbush

Habit Perennials, 30–95 cm (taproots thickened). Perennials, 40–60 cm (caudices woody).
Stems

branched, puberulent.

branched, pubescent.

Leaves

opposite or alternate;

petioles 10–70 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate-ovate, lance-ovate, or subcordate, 15–120 × 20–70 mm, bases acute, truncate, or subcordate, margins crenate, dentate, or serrate, apices attenuate, faces puberulent and gland-dotted.

opposite or alternate;

petioles 3–20 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate to lanceolate, 10–60 × 7–50 mm, bases cordate to truncate, margins crenate-dentate, apices acute, faces sparsely to densely pubescent, gland-dotted.

Peduncles

4–30 mm, pubescent.

20–50 mm, glandular-pubescent.

Involucres

cylindric or obconic, 7–12 mm.

cylindric to broadly campanulate, 12–14 mm.

Florets

mostly 20–40(–70);

corollas pale yellow-green, 6.5–7.5 mm.

± 60;

corollas pale yellow, often purple-tinged, 9–10 mm.

Phyllaries

30–40 in 5–7 series, greenish, 4–5-striate, unequal, margins scarious;

outer lance-ovate to lanceolate (pubescent, margins ciliate, apices long-acuminate), inner lanceolate to lance-linear (glabrous, apices acute to acuminate).

40–60 in 5–6 series, greenish, 4–6-striate, unequal, margins narrowly scarious (apices acute to acuminate);

outer narrowly lanceolate (glandular-pubescent), inner lanceolate (glabrous or tomentulose).

Heads

(nodding in flower and fruit) in loose, corymbiform or paniculiform arrays.

borne singly or in open, paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

4–5 mm, hispidulous to hirtellous;

pappi of 20–30 white, barbellate bristles.

4–5 mm, hispidulous or glabrate;

pappi of 32–36 white, barbellate bristles.

2n

= 18.

Brickellia grandiflora

Brickellia simplex

Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct. Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Rocky hillsides, shaded forests, dry slopes, canyons Oak woodlands, canyons, dry mountain slopes
Elevation 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 ft) 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 ft)
Distribution
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AR; AZ; CA; CO; ID; KS; MO; MT; NE; NM; NV; OR; TX; UT; WA; WY
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AZ; NM; Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 500. FNA vol. 21, p. 506.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia
Sibling taxa
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. 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. parvula, B. pringlei, B. rusbyi, B. venosa, B. veronicifolia
Synonyms Eupatorium grandiflorum
Name authority (Hooker) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 287. (1840) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 73. (1853)
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