Brickellia rusbyi
Brickellia veronicifolia
stinking brickellbush
veronicaleaf brickellbush
branched, puberulent, gland-dotted.
branched from bases, densely pubescent, gland-dotted.
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.
mostly opposite (sometimes alternate);
petioles 2–5 mm;
blades 3-nerved from bases, ovate to reniform, 4–15 × 7–25 mm, bases cordate to subcordate, margins crenate, apices obtuse, faces pubescent, gland-dotted.
4–6 mm, puberulent, sparsely gland-dotted.
0–2 mm, densely pubescent, gland-dotted.
cylindric to campanulate, 7–10 mm.
cylindric to broadly campanulate, 9–11 mm.
13–20;
corollas yellowish, 5.3–6.5 mm.
18–33;
corollas cream to pale yellow, often red or purple-tinged, 6–7.5 mm.
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).
35–40 in 7–9 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 3–6-striate, unequal, margins scarious (apices obtuse to acute);
outer broadly ovate to lance-ovate (puberulent; margins ciliate), inner lanceolate (glabrous).
in paniculiform arrays.
in paniculiform arrays.
2–2.5 mm, sericeous;
pappi of 26–32 white, barbellate bristles.
3–4 mm, sparsely hispidulous;
pappi of 24–28 white or tawny, barbellate bristles.
= 18.
= 18.
Brickellia rusbyi
Brickellia veronicifolia
Brickellia rusbyi has been considered ill-smelling.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Brickellia veronicifolia occurs in the Chisos Mountains.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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