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Brickellia atractyloides (spearleaf brickellbush)

Synonyms: Brickellia arguta var. arguta; Coleosanthus atractylodes; Coleosanthus atractyloides; Coleosanthus venulosus

Wikipedia Abstract

Brickellia atractyloides is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name spearleaf brickellbush. It is native to the desert regions of the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). Brickellia atractyloides is a shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It produces many small flower heads with cream-colored or pale green disc florets but no ray florets.
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Infraspecies

Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta (pungent brickellbush)
Brickellia atractyloides var. atractyloides
Brickellia atractyloides var. odontolepis

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States
Zion National Park II 135667 Utah, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0