Brickellia grandiflora

(Hooker) Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 287. 1840.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Eupatorium grandiflorum Hooker Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 26. 1834
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 500. Mentioned on page 491, 492.
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Perennials, 30–95 cm (taproots thickened). Stems branched, puberulent. Leaves opposite or alternate; petioles 10–70 mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, deltate-ovate, lanceovate, or subcordate, 15–120 × 20–70 mm, bases acute, truncate, or subcordate, margins crenate, dentate, or serrate, apices attenuate, faces puberulent and glanddotted. Heads (nodding in flower and fruit) in loose, corymbiform or paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 4–30 mm, pubescent. Involucres cylindric or obconic, 7–12 mm. Phyllaries 30–40 in 5–7 series, greenish, 4–5-striate, unequal, margins scarious; outer lanceovate to lanceolate (pubescent, margins ciliate, apices long-acuminate), inner lanceolate to lance-linear (glabrous, apices acute to acuminate). Florets mostly 20–40 (–70); corollas pale yellow-green, 6.5–7.5 mm. Cypselae 4–5 mm, hispidulous to hirtellous; pappi of 20–30 white, barbellate bristles. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Rocky hillsides, shaded forests, dry slopes, canyons
Elevation: 1200–3000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Kans., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Tex., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Brickellia grandiflora"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
attenuate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and loose +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Randall W. Scott +
(Hooker) Nuttall +
subcordate +, truncate +  and acute +
enlarged +
Eupatorium grandiflorum +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
subcordate;lanceovate;subcordate;lanceovate;deltate-ovate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
pale yellow-green +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
hispidulous +  and hirtellous +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Kans. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1200–3000 m +
puberulent +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Rocky hillsides, shaded forests, dry slopes, canyons +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
obconic;cylindric +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +  and opposite +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
serrate +  and dentate +
lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
30 +  and 40 +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
puberulent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Brickellia grandiflora +
Brickellia +
species +
cylindric +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (95 cm950 mm <br />0.95 m <br />) +
120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +