Brickellia cylindracea
Appearance
Brickellia cylindracea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. cylindracea
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Binomial name | |
Brickellia cylindracea | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Brickellia cylindracea, the gravelbar brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in central Texas.[3]
Brickellia cylindracea is a perennial up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with greenish, yellow, or yellow-orange disc florets but no ray florets.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia cylindracea A.Gray ex A.Gray & Engelm.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia cylindracea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia cylindracea A. Gray & Engelmann
External links
[edit]- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, type specimen of Brickellia cylindracea
- Excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter