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Brickellia lancifolia

Brickellia lancifolia is a branching shrub from southern Mexico (Oaxaca) that can reach about 240 cm, bearing many small nodding purple flower heads. It is a wild species with little cultivation history, so care advice is general and based on related Brickellia shrubs.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply then let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, somewhat sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Brickellia lancifolia is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to southern Mexico in the state of Oaxaca.

Brickellia lancifolia is a branching shrub up to 240 cm (approximately 8 feet) tall. Its leaves partially surround the stems. The plant produces many small, nodding (hanging) flower heads with purple 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 lancifolia 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.

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