Brickellia rusbyi |
Brickellia hinckleyi |
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stinking brickellbush |
Hinckley's brickellbush |
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Habit | Perennials, 60–120 cm (bases woody). | Perennials, 20–90 cm. | ||||
Stems | branched, puberulent, gland-dotted. |
branched, coarsely scabrous. |
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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 to subopposite; petioles 1–5 mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 20–40 × 7–20 mm, bases rounded to broadly cuneate, margins entire or serrate, apices acute to acuminate, faces sparsely pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
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Peduncles | 4–6 mm, puberulent, sparsely gland-dotted. |
5–45 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
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Involucres | cylindric to campanulate, 7–10 mm. |
cylindric to campanulate, 7–11 mm. |
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Florets | 13–20; corollas yellowish, 5.3–6.5 mm. |
11–22; corollas pale yellow or cream, 4.7–6 mm. |
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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). |
16–20 in 4–5 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 4–8-striate, unequal, margins narrowly scarious, often ciliate (apices acute to long-attenuate); outer lance-ovate (pubescent), inner narrowly lanceolate (glabrous). |
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Heads | in paniculiform arrays. |
in open, racemose or paniculiform arrays. |
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Cypselae | 2–2.5 mm, sericeous; pappi of 26–32 white, barbellate bristles. |
4–5 mm, silvery-setulose. |
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Pappi | of 25–34 white, plumose bristles. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Brickellia rusbyi |
Brickellia hinckleyi |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | |||||
Habitat | Rocky slopes, shaded areas | |||||
Elevation | 1500–2500 m (4900–8200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico
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TX |
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Discussion | Brickellia rusbyi has been considered ill-smelling. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 506. | FNA vol. 21, p. 501. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Brickellia | ||||
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Synonyms | B. brachyphylla var. hinckleyi | |||||
Name authority | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 106. (1884) | Standley: Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 61. (1940) | ||||
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