Brickellia longifolia
longleaf brickellbush, willow leaf brickellia
branched from above bases, ± glabrous.
alternate;
petioles 0–5 mm;
blades 3-nerved from bases, lance-elliptic, lance-ovate, lance-linear, or linear (folded or falcate), 10–130 × 2–9 mm, bases rounded or tapering, margins entire or nearly so, apices acuminate, faces gland-dotted, often puberulent (shiny).
0–3 mm, glabrous or glutinous.
cylindric, 5–7 mm.
3–7;
corollas cream, 3.5–4.5 mm.
10–24 in 6–8 series, pale green to stramineous, 3–5-striate, unequal, (glutinous) margins scarious;
outer ovate (apices acute), inner lanceolate (apices obtuse).
in (leafy) paniculiform arrays.
1.8–2.5 mm, scabrous;
pappi of 30–40 barbellulate bristles.
Brickellia longifolia
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaf blades lance-elliptic to lance-linear or linear, 10–130 × 2–9 mm, lengths 8–25 times widths, flat (not folded or falcate), bases tapering | var. longifolia |
1. Leaf blades lance-ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 10–130 × 2–15 mm, lengths 4–8 times widths, folded along midveins and/or falcate, basesrounded | var. multiflora |
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