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Desert brickellbush

Brickellia desertorum

Desert brickellbush
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Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. U.S.A. to Mexico (N. Baja California)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Brickellia desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names desert brickellbush and desert brickellia. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the southwestern United States (the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, and Arizona).

Brickellia desertorum is a densely branching shrub with hairy stems growing to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) tall. The small, toothed, oval-shaped leaves are up to 1.2 centimeters long. The inflorescences at the end of stem branches contain clusters of flower heads, each about a centimeter long and lined with greenish, purplish, or yellowish phyllaries. At the tip of the head are 8 to 12 tubular disc 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 desertorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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