Brickellia atractyloides

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Subtribus: Alomiinae
Genus: Brickellia
Species: Brickellia atractyloides
Varietas: B. a. var. arguta – B. a. var. odontolepis
Name

Brickellia atractyloides A.Gray
Synonyms

Coleosanthus atractyloides (A. Gray) Kuntze
Coleosanthus venulosus Nelson

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

A.Gray, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 290. 1870.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Brickellia atractyloides. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 01 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Brickellia atractyloides in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 01.
Tropicos.org 2018. Brickellia atractyloides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 01.
Hassler, M. 2018. Brickellia atractyloides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jan 01. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brickellia atractyloides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: spearleaf brickellbush, hollyleaf brickellbush

Brickellia atractyloides is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name spearleaf brickellbush.[2] It is native to the desert regions of the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California).[3][4]

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.[5]

Varieties[5][1]

Brickellia atractyloides var. atractyloides - Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah
Brickellia atractyloides var. odontolepis (B.L.Rob.) Jeps. - California, Baja California, Sonora

Flora of North America[5] lists a third variety, var. arguta, listed here as a distinct species, Brickellia arguta, as accepted by The Plant List.

References

The Plant List, Brickellia atractyloides A.Gray
Calflora taxon report, University of California, Brickellia atractyloides A. Gray, spear leaved brickellia, spearleaf brickellbush
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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
Flora of North America, Brickellia atractyloides A. Gray