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stinking brickellbush

Hinckley's brickellbush

Habit Perennials, 60–120 cm (bases woody). Perennials, 20–90 cm.
Stems

branched, puberulent, gland-dotted.

branched, coarsely scabrous.

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.

Peduncles

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

5–45 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

cylindric to campanulate, 7–10 mm.

cylindric to campanulate, 7–11 mm.

Florets

13–20;

corollas yellowish, 5.3–6.5 mm.

11–22;

corollas pale yellow or cream, 4.7–6 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).

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).

Heads

in paniculiform arrays.

in open, racemose or paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

2–2.5 mm, sericeous;

pappi of 26–32 white, barbellate bristles.

4–5 mm, silvery-setulose.

Pappi

of 25–34 white, plumose bristles.

2n

= 18.

Brickellia rusbyi

Brickellia hinckleyi

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Rocky slopes, shaded areas
Elevation 1500–2500 m (4900–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico
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from FNA
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.)

Key
1. Stem leaves: petioles 1–5 mm, blades relatively thin, (20–)25–45 mm, faces sparsely pubescent, stipitate-glandular
var. hinckleyi
1. Stem leaves: petioles 0–1 mm, blades relatively thick, (15–)17–22(–25) mm, faces scabrous, gland-dotted
var. terlinguensis
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 506. FNA vol. 21, p. 501.
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. grandiflora, B. greenei, 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
Subordinate taxa
B. hinckleyi var. hinckleyi, B. hinckleyi var. terlinguensis
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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