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splitleaf brickellbush

little leaf brickellia, littleleaf brickellbush, small-leaf brickellbush, small-leaf brickellia

Habit Shrubs, 60–120 cm. Shrubs, 30–70 cm.
Stems

much branched, pubescent, gland-dotted.

much 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.

alternate;

petioles 0–3 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, ovate to suborbiculate, 3–20 × 1–15 mm, bases acute to obtuse or rounded, margins entire, coarsely dentate or serrate, apices rounded to acute, faces glandular-villous or hispidulous.

Peduncles

0.5–2.5 mm, glandular-viscid.

(bracteate) 2–10 mm, viscid to glandular-villous.

Involucres

cylindric, 6–8 mm.

cylindric to narrowly campanulate, 7–12 mm.

Florets

8–14;

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

8–28(–34);

corollas pale yellow, often purple-tinged, 5.5–7 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.

30–48 in 5–8 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 3–5-striate, (recurved or spreading) unequal, margins scarious (apices acute to acuminate);

outer obovate to suborbiculate (glandular-pubescent; mid sometimes 3-toothed with middle tooth elongated), inner linear-oblong (glabrous or sparsely gland-dotted).

Heads

in (leafy) paniculiform or racemiform arrays.

in loose, paniculiform arrays (often clustered at ends of branches).

Cypselae

2.5–3 mm, sparsely pubescent or strigose;

pappi of 24–28 tawny, barbellate bristles.

3.5–4.7 mm, glabrous or hirtellous;

pappi of 18–24 white, barbellulate bristles.

2n

= 18.

Brickellia laciniata

Brickellia microphylla

Phenology Flowering Aug–Nov.
Habitat Dry slopes, streambeds (arroyos)
Elevation 1300–1900 m (4300–6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico
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from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; Mexico
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Discussion

Varieties 2–3 (2 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Stems and peduncles viscid to glandular-villous; florets 15–28(–34)
var. microphylla
1. Stems and peduncles glandular-viscid; florets 8–13
var. scabra
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 502. FNA vol. 21, p. 503.
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. 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. nevinii, B. oblongifolia, B. parvula, B. pringlei, B. rusbyi, B. simplex, B. venosa, B. veronicifolia
Subordinate taxa
B. microphylla var. microphylla, B. microphylla var. scabra
Synonyms Bulbostylis microphylla
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 87. (1852) (Nuttall) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 85. (1852)
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