Biology:Brickellia oblongifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Brickellia oblongifolia
Brickellia oblongifolia var linifolia 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Brickellia oblongifolia
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Brickellia mohavensis A.Gray
  • Coleosanthus abbreviatus Greene
  • Coleosanthus humilis Greene
  • Coleosanthus mohavensis (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Coleosanthus oblongifolius (Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Brickellia linifolia D.C.Eaton, syn of var. linifolia

Brickellia oblongifolia, the Mojave brickellbush,[2] is North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across arid and semi-arid regions in the western United States and Canada , from British Columbia south to southern California , Arizona, and New Mexico.[3]

Brickellia oblongifolia is a perennial herb of subshrub up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. Flower heads sometime appear one at a time, sometimes in groups of several, each head cream-colored or pale yellow-green, containing disc florets but no ray florets.[4]

Varieties[1]
  • Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia (D.C.Eaton) B.L.Rob. - Arizona, California , Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington (state)
  • Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia - British Columbia, Washington (state) , Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Montana

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15551464 entry