Brickellia venosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. venosa
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Binomial name | |
Brickellia venosa | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]