Brickellia rusbyi |
Brickellia californica |
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stinking brickellbush |
California brickellbush, California brickellia, California tassel-flower |
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Habit | Perennials, 60–120 cm (bases woody). | Shrubs, 50–200 cm. |
Stems | branched, puberulent, gland-dotted. |
branched from near bases, glandular-pubescent. |
Leaves | alternate; petioles 10–50 mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate or rhombic-ovate, 50–100 × 20–50 mm, bases acute to truncate, margins crenate or coarsely dentate, apices long-acuminate, abaxial faces sparsely villous, gland-dotted, adaxial faces glabrous or sparsely pubescent, often gland-dotted. |
alternate; petioles 5–60+ mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, ovate to deltate, 10–100 × 10–90 mm, bases cordate to truncate, margins crenate to serrate, apices acute to rounded, faces puberulent to glabrate, often gland-dotted. |
Peduncles | 4–6 mm, puberulent, sparsely gland-dotted. |
1–5 mm, glandular-pubescent. |
Involucres | cylindric to campanulate, 7–10 mm. |
cylindric to obconic, 7–12 mm. |
Florets | 13–20; corollas yellowish, 5.3–6.5 mm. |
8–12; corollas pale yellow-green, 5.5–8 mm. |
Phyllaries | 22–26 in 4–7 series, 3–5-striate, unequal, margins scarious (apices obtuse to acute); outer ovate to lanceolate (often purple-tinged, glabrous or puberulent), inner linear to oblong (greenish, glabrous). |
21–35 in 5–6 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 3–4-striate, unequal, margins scarious; outer ovate to lance-ovate (glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent, apices acute to acuminate), inner lanceolate (glabrous, apices obtuse to acuminate). |
Heads | in paniculiform arrays. |
borne in (leafy) paniculiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2–2.5 mm, sericeous; pappi of 26–32 white, barbellate bristles. |
2.5–3.5 mm, puberulent; pappi of 24–30 white, barbellate bristles. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Brickellia rusbyi |
Brickellia californica |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | Flowering Jul–Oct. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, shaded areas | Dry, rocky hillsides, arroyos, canyons |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m (4900–8200 ft) | 800–2700 m (2600–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; NM; NV; OK; TX; UT; WY
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Discussion | Brickellia rusbyi has been considered ill-smelling. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Floret number of 18 is reported for Brickellia californica in most floras; A. Cronquist (1994) noted that 18 is high by his count; he reported 12 as the maximum number for the specimens he sampled and that fits the specimens I have counted from Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 506. | FNA vol. 21, p. 495. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Bulbostylis californica | |
Name authority | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 106. (1884) | (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 64. (1849) |
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