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stinking brickellbush

large flower brickelbush, large flower thoroughwort, large-flower brickellia, large-flower tassel-flower, tassel-flower brickellbush

Habit Perennials, 60–120 cm (bases woody). Perennials, 30–95 cm (taproots thickened).
Stems

branched, puberulent, gland-dotted.

branched, puberulent.

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.

opposite or alternate;

petioles 10–70 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate-ovate, lance-ovate, or subcordate, 15–120 × 20–70 mm, bases acute, truncate, or subcordate, margins crenate, dentate, or serrate, apices attenuate, faces puberulent and gland-dotted.

Peduncles

4–6 mm, puberulent, sparsely gland-dotted.

4–30 mm, pubescent.

Involucres

cylindric to campanulate, 7–10 mm.

cylindric or obconic, 7–12 mm.

Florets

13–20;

corollas yellowish, 5.3–6.5 mm.

mostly 20–40(–70);

corollas pale yellow-green, 6.5–7.5 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).

30–40 in 5–7 series, greenish, 4–5-striate, unequal, margins scarious;

outer lance-ovate to lanceolate (pubescent, margins ciliate, apices long-acuminate), inner lanceolate to lance-linear (glabrous, apices acute to acuminate).

Heads

in paniculiform arrays.

(nodding in flower and fruit) in loose, corymbiform or paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

2–2.5 mm, sericeous;

pappi of 26–32 white, barbellate bristles.

4–5 mm, hispidulous to hirtellous;

pappi of 20–30 white, barbellate bristles.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Brickellia rusbyi

Brickellia grandiflora

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct. Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat Rocky slopes, shaded areas Rocky hillsides, shaded forests, dry slopes, canyons
Elevation 1500–2500 m (4900–8200 ft) 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico
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from FNA
AR; AZ; CA; CO; ID; KS; MO; MT; NE; NM; NV; OR; TX; UT; WA; WY
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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. floribunda, B. frutescens, 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
Synonyms Eupatorium grandiflorum
Name authority A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 106. (1884) (Hooker) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 287. (1840)
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