Brickellia laciniata |
Brickellia cylindracea |
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splitleaf brickellbush |
gravelbar brickellbush |
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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 |
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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 |
NM; TX; Mexico
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TX |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 502. | FNA vol. 21, p. 497. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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