Brickellia betonicifolia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Brickellia |
| Species: | B. betonicifolia
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Brickellia betonicifolia, the betonyleaf brickellbush,[2] is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern Mexico, in the States of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango and the southwestern United States (New Mexico and Arizona).[3][4]
Brickellia betonicifolia is a branching shrub up to 90 cm (36 inches) tall. The plant produces several small flower heads with purple disc florets but no ray florets.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tropicos, Brickellia betonicifolia A. Gray
- ^ NRCS. "Brickellia betonicifolia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia betonicifolia A.Gray
External links
[edit]- photo of specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico, isotype of Coleosanthus betonicifolius/Brickellia betonicifolia
- Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
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