Biology:Brickellia venosa

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Brickellia venosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. venosa
Binomial name
Brickellia venosa
(Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Rob.
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. "Brickellia venosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BRVE. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q15551864 entry