Brickellia rusbyi |
Brickellia grandiflora |
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stinking brickellbush |
large flower brickelbush, large flower thoroughwort, large-flower brickellia, large-flower tassel-flower, tassel-flower brickellbush |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; NM; Mexico
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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.) |
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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 |
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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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