Brickellia rusbyi |
Brickellia floribunda |
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stinking brickellbush |
Chihuahuan brickellbush, desert brickellbush |
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Habit | Perennials, 60–120 cm (bases woody). | Perennials, 100–200 cm (bases woody). |
Stems | branched, puberulent, gland-dotted. |
branched, stipitate-glandular. |
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 20–35 mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate-ovate or rhombic-ovate, 20–140 × 10–100 mm, bases truncate to cordate, margins irregularly dentate, apices acute, faces gland-dotted or glandular-pubescent. |
Peduncles | 4–6 mm, puberulent, sparsely gland-dotted. |
3–18 mm, stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | cylindric to campanulate, 7–10 mm. |
cylindric to campanulate, 7.5–8.5 mm. |
Florets | 13–20; corollas yellowish, 5.3–6.5 mm. |
15–24; corollas pale yellow-green or greenish white, 5–6.5 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). |
22–26 in 5–6 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 3–4-striate, unequal, margins narrowly scarious (apices obtuse to acute); outer ovate to lanceolate (glandular-hirtellous, shorter than inner), inner linear-lanceolate (glabrous). |
Heads | in paniculiform arrays. |
in paniculiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2–2.5 mm, sericeous; pappi of 26–32 white, barbellate bristles. |
2–3 mm, strigose; pappi of 30–35 white, barbellulate bristles. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Brickellia rusbyi |
Brickellia floribunda |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | Flowering Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, shaded areas | Near streams, canyon bottoms |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m (4900–8200 ft) | 1100–1800 m (3600–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico
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AZ; NM; Mexico
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Discussion | Brickellia rusbyi has been considered ill-smelling. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 506. | FNA vol. 21, p. 500. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 106. (1884) | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 73. (1853) |
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