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splitleaf brickellbush

gravelbar brickellbush

Habit Shrubs, 60–120 cm. Perennials, 40–120 cm (caudices woody).
Stems

much branched, pubescent, gland-dotted.

branched, pubescent, gland-dotted.

Leaves

alternate;

petioles 2–5 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, oblong to broadly ovate, 6–15 × 5–9 mm, bases narrowly cuneate, margins irregularly dentate, apices acute to obtuse, faces sparsely pubescent, gland-dotted.

mostly opposite, sometimes alternate or subopposite;

petioles 0–3 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, lanceolate to obovate, 20–60 × 12–30 mm, bases ± cuneate, margins crenate to serrate, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces tomentose, often densely gland-dotted as well (venation raised, reticulate), adaxial faces pubescent and gland-dotted.

Peduncles

0.5–2.5 mm, glandular-viscid.

2–15 mm, densely tomentose, often gland-dotted.

Involucres

cylindric, 6–8 mm.

cylindric to campanulate, 8–13 mm.

Florets

8–14;

corollas pale yellow-green, often purple-tinged, 4.8–5.7 mm.

10–21;

corollas greenish, yellow, or yellow-orange, often purple-tinged, 5–7 mm.

Phyllaries

15–25 in 4–6 series, stramineous, 3–5-striate, unequal, (gland-dotted) margins scarious (apices obtuse to acute);

outer ovate, inner lanceolate.

18–22 in 5–7 series, greenish, often purplish-tinged, 6–8-striate, unequal, margins scarious (apices acute to acuminate);

outer ovate (sparsely villous, gland-dotted, lengths no more than 1/2 inner, margins long-ciliate), inner narrowly lanceolate to linear-oblong (glabrous).

Heads

in (leafy) paniculiform or racemiform arrays.

in ± dense, racemiform or paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

2.5–3 mm, sparsely pubescent or strigose;

pappi of 24–28 tawny, barbellate bristles.

3.5–5 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent;

pappi of 30–35, white to tawny, barbellate bristles.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Brickellia laciniata

Brickellia cylindracea

Phenology Flowering Aug–Nov. Flowering Jun–Nov.
Habitat Dry slopes, streambeds (arroyos) Dry limestone hillsides
Elevation 1300–1900 m (4300–6200 ft) 100–600 m (300–2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico
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from FNA
TX
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Discussion

L. D. Flyr (1970) rightly noted that Brickellia cylindracea is variable in leaf size, shape, and texture as well as arrangements of heads, and added that it is not easily distinguished from B. conduplicata (= B. lemmonii var. conduplicata), which accounts for most of the specimens in west Texas. Brickellia cylindracea has a more eastern distribution than B. lemmonii var. conduplicata and appears to have a strong preference for limestone soils. Some specimens from limestone outcrops in west Texas blur distinction between the two species.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 502. FNA vol. 21, p. 497.
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. grandiflora, B. greenei, B. hinckleyi, B. incana, B. knappiana, 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. 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
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 87. (1852) A. Gray & Engelmann: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1: 46. (1847)
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