Brickellia longifolia |
Brickellia longifolia var. longifolia |
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longleaf brickellbush, willow leaf brickellia |
longleaf brickellbush |
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Habit | Shrubs, 20–200[–250] cm. | |||||
Stems | branched from above bases, ± glabrous. |
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Leaves | 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). |
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. |
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Peduncles | 0–3 mm, glabrous or glutinous. |
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Involucres | cylindric, 5–7 mm. |
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Florets | 3–7; corollas cream, 3.5–4.5 mm. |
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Phyllaries | 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). |
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Heads | in (leafy) paniculiform arrays. |
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Cypselae | 1.8–2.5 mm, scabrous; pappi of 30–40 barbellulate bristles. |
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Brickellia longifolia |
Brickellia longifolia var. longifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Sep–Nov. | |||||
Habitat | Washes, stream margins, seeps, hanging gardens | |||||
Elevation | 900–1700 m (3000–5600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NV; UT
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AZ; CO; NV; UT |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 503. | FNA vol. 21, p. 503. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia > Brickellia longifolia | ||||
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Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 301. (1873) | unknown | ||||
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