Brickellia_rusbyi

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Brickellia rusbyi

Species of flowering plant

Brickellia rusbyi, the stinking brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora) and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona).[3][4]

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Brickellia rusbyi is a branching shrub up to 120 cm (36 inches) tall, growing from a woody base. It produces many small flower heads with yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

The species is named for American botanist Henry Hurd Rusby (1855-1940).[6]

References

  1. [1]
    The Plant List, Brickellia rusbyi A.Gray
  2. [2]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia rusbyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. [3]
    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
  4. [4]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. [5]
    Flora of North America, Brickellia pringlei A.Gray
  6. [6]
    Gray, Asa 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 106


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