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]
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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 | |
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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
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia betonicifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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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