Brickellia baccharidea

A. Gray

Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 87. 1852.

EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 494. Mentioned on page 492.

Shrubs, 100–150 cm. Stems (ascending) branched, pubescent, sometimes glandular-pubescent. Leaves alternate; petioles 4–10 mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, rhombic-ovate, 10–40 × 10–20 mm, bases cuneate, margins laciniate-dentate, apices acute to obtuse, faces glabrate or glanddotted. Heads in dense, paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 5–40 mm, pubescent. Involucres narrowly campanulate, 7–11 mm. Phyllaries 35–40 in 5–7 series, 3–5-striate, unequal, (glabrous, ± chartaceous) margins narrowly scarious (apices acute to acuminate); outer ovate, inner lanceolate. Florets 16–17; corollas cream, 6–7 mm. Cypselae 2–3 mm, pubescent; pappi of 18–24 white, barbellate bristles. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Oct–Apr.
Habitat: Sandy to granitic soils, limestone slopes, granitic cliffs
Elevation: 500–1600 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"fine" is not a number.

... more about "Brickellia baccharidea"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
acute;obtuse +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Randall W. Scott +
A. Gray +
cuneate +
enlarged +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
rhombic-ovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +  and Tex. +
500–1600 m +
glanddotted +  and glabrate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy to granitic soils, limestone slopes, granitic cliffs +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
toothed +, serrate +, lobed +, laciniate-dentate +  and crenate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Oct–Apr. +
35 +  and 40 +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
glandular-pubescent +  and pubescent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Brickellia baccharidea +
Brickellia +
species +
cylindric +
perennial +  and annual +
120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +