Brickellia rusbyi

Brickellia rusbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. rusbyi
Binomial name
Brickellia rusbyi
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus rusbyi (A.Gray) Kuntze

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]

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. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia rusbyi A.Gray
  2. ^ NRCS. "Brickellia rusbyi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  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. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia pringlei A.Gray
  6. ^ Gray, Asa 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 106