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stinking brickellbush

Chihuahuan brickellbush, desert brickellbush

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

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
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico
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from FNA
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.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 506. FNA vol. 21, p. 500.
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. laciniata, B. lemmonii, B. longifolia, B. microphylla, B. nevinii, B. oblongifolia, B. parvula, B. pringlei, 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. frutescens, B. grandiflora, B. greenei, B. hinckleyi, B. incana, B. knappiana, B. laciniata, B. lemmonii, B. longifolia, B. microphylla, B. nevinii, B. oblongifolia, B. parvula, B. pringlei, B. rusbyi, B. simplex, B. venosa, B. veronicifolia
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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