Brickellia coulteri
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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. coulteri
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Brickellia coulteri, or Coulter's brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora, Oaxaca) and the southwestern United States (Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, western Texas).[3][4][5][6][7]
Brickellia coulteri is a shrub up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. It has many small flower heads with pale yellow-green disc flowers but no ray flowers.[8]
- Brickellia coulteri var. adenopoda (B.L.Rob.) B.L.Turner
- Brickellia coulteri var. coulteri
The species is named in 1852 for Irish botanist Thomas Coulter (1793 – 1843).
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Plant List, Brickellia coulteri A.Gray
- ^ NRCS. "Brickellia coulteri". 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
- ^ Tropicos, Brickellia palmeri A. Gray
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 15(1): 30
- ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F.
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Brickellia coulteri A. Gray
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