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Gravelbar brickellbush

Brickellia cylindracea

Also called Hill Country Brickellbush

Gravelbar brickellbush
Photo: Michelle W., CC BY 4.0

Gravelbar brickellbush is a perennial wildflower in the daisy family, native to central Texas and northern Mexico, growing up to about 1.2 m from a woody base. It does best in full sun with good drainage, as it naturally grows on gravelly stream bars and rocky hillsides.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gravelly or rocky soil; sandy or lean mix.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Texas to Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León)

About

Brickellia cylindracea, the gravelbar brickellbush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in central Texas.

Brickellia cylindracea is a perennial up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with greenish, yellow, or yellow-orange disc florets but no ray florets.

Other Brickellia plants

Brickellbush · Brickellia adenolepis · Earleaf brickellbush · Brickellia aramberrana · Pungent brickellbush · Brickellia argyrolepis · Spearleaf brickellbush · Resinleaf brickellbush · Betonyleaf brickellbush · Brickellia botterii · Plumed brickellbush · California brickellbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brickellia cylindracea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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