Brickellia oblongifolia

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 oblongifolia
Varietas: B. o. var. linifolia
Name

Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.
Synonyms

Brickellia humilis (E. Greene) Nelson
Brickellia mohavensis A. Gray
Coleosanthus abbreviatus E. Greene
Coleosanthus humilis E. Greene
Coleosanthus linifolius (Eaton) Kuntze
Coleosanthus mohavensis (A. Gray) Kuntze
Coleosanthus oblongifolius (Nutt.) Kuntze

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Canada (British Columbia), USA (Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Brickellia oblongifolia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Brickellia oblongifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Brickellia oblongifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jan. 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Brickellia oblongifolia. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 Jan 02. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brickellia oblongifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Mojave brickellbush, narrow-leaved brickellbush

Brickellia oblongifolia, the Mojave brickellbush,[2] is North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across arid and semi-arid regions in the western United States and Canada, from British Columbia south to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico.[3]

Brickellia oblongifolia is a perennial herb of subshrub up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. Flower heads sometime appear one at a time, sometimes in groups of several, each head cream-colored or pale yellow-green, containing disc florets but no ray florets.[4]

Varieties[1]

Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia (D.C.Eaton) B.L.Rob. - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington
Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia - British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Montana

References

The Plant List, Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.
"Plant Profile - Brickellia oblongifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Flora of North America, Brickellia oblongifolia Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 288. 1840.