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stinking brickellbush

Sonoran brickellbush

Habit Perennials, 60–120 cm (bases woody). Perennials, 40–60 cm (caudices woody).
Stems

branched, puberulent, gland-dotted.

branched, pubescent.

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 3–20 mm;

blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate to lanceolate, 10–60 × 7–50 mm, bases cordate to truncate, margins crenate-dentate, apices acute, faces sparsely to densely pubescent, gland-dotted.

Peduncles

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

20–50 mm, glandular-pubescent.

Involucres

cylindric to campanulate, 7–10 mm.

cylindric to broadly campanulate, 12–14 mm.

Florets

13–20;

corollas yellowish, 5.3–6.5 mm.

± 60;

corollas pale yellow, often purple-tinged, 9–10 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).

40–60 in 5–6 series, greenish, 4–6-striate, unequal, margins narrowly scarious (apices acute to acuminate);

outer narrowly lanceolate (glandular-pubescent), inner lanceolate (glabrous or tomentulose).

Heads

in paniculiform arrays.

borne singly or in open, paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

2–2.5 mm, sericeous;

pappi of 26–32 white, barbellate bristles.

4–5 mm, hispidulous or glabrate;

pappi of 32–36 white, barbellate bristles.

2n

= 18.

Brickellia rusbyi

Brickellia simplex

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct. Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Rocky slopes, shaded areas Oak woodlands, canyons, dry mountain slopes
Elevation 1500–2500 m (4900–8200 ft) 1500–2700 m (4900–8900 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. 506.
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. hinckleyi, B. incana, B. knappiana, B. laciniata, B. lemmonii, B. longifolia, B. microphylla, B. nevinii, B. oblongifolia, B. parvula, B. pringlei, B. rusbyi, 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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