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Brickellia venosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. venosa
Binomial name
Brickellia venosa
Synonyms [1]
  • Coleosanthus venosus Wooton & Standl.

Brickellia venosa, the veiny brickellbush, [2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico ( Chihuahua, Sonora) and the southwestern United States ( New Mexico, Arizona, far western Texas ( El Paso County). [3] [4]

Brickellia venosa is a branching shrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with yellow disc florets but no ray florets. [5]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia venosa (Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Rob.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia venosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia venosa (Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Rob.