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Brickellia californica

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Name

Identification
Coleosanthus axillaris Greene [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Brickellia californica (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Coleosanthus axillaris Greene [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Brickellia tenera
  • Brickellia wrightii
  • Coleosanthus axillaris
  • Brickellia reniformis
  • Brickellia californica

Flora

Entry for Brickellia californica (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 21,
Names
Brickellia californica (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray [family COMPOSITAE], Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s., 4: 64. 1849
Bulbostylis californica Torrey & A. Gray [family CYPERACEAE], Fl. N. Amer., 2: 79. 1841
Treatment Author(s)
Randall W. Scott
Information
Shrubs, 50–200 cm. Stems branched from near bases, glandular-pubescent. Leaves alternate; petioles 5–60+ mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, ovate to deltate, 10–100 × 10–90 mm, bases cordate to truncate, margins crenate to serrate, apices acute to rounded, faces puberulent to glabrate, often gland-dotted. Heads borne in (leafy) paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 1–5 mm, glandular-pubescent. Involucres cylindric to obconic, 7–12 mm. Phyllaries 21–35 in 5–6 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 3–4-striate, unequal, margins scarious; outer ovate to lance-ovate (glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent, apices acute to acuminate), inner lanceolate (glabrous, apices obtuse to acuminate). Florets 8–12; corollas pale yellow-green, 5.5–8 mm. Cypselae 2.5–3.5 mm, puberulent; pappi of 24–30 white, barbellate bristles. 2n = 18.
Phenology
jul-aug (summer), sep-oct (fall)
Altitude range
800–2700 m;
Distribution
USA Ariz.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA IdahoUSA Nev.USA N.Mex.USA Okla.USA Tex.USA UtahUSA Wyo.
Discussion
Floret number of 18 is reported for Brickellia californica in most floras; A. Cronquist (1994) noted that 18 is high by his count; he reported 12 as the maximum number for the specimens he sampled and that fits the specimens I have counted from Arizona.

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