Biology:Brickellia parvula

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Brickellia parvula
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. parvula
Binomial name
Brickellia parvula
A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus parvulus (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia parvula, the Mt. Davis brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern and north-central Mexico (Chihuahua) and the southwestern United States (southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, western Texas ).[3][4]

Brickellia parvula is a shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with yellow or green disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

References

  1. The Plant List, Brickellia parvula
  2. "Brickellia parvula". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BRPA. 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 20parvula A.Gray

Wikidata ☰ Q15551754 entry