Brickellia laciniata
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. laciniata
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Binomial name | |
Brickellia laciniata | |
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Brickellia laciniata, the splitleaf brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern and north-central Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas) and the southwestern United States (southern New Mexico, western Texas).[3][4]
Brickellia laciniata is a shrub up to 120 cm (48 inches) tall. It produces many small flower heads with yellow-green disc florets but no ray florets.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia laciniata A.Gray
- ^ NRCS. "Brickellia laciniata". 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 laciniata A.Gray