Brickellia dentata

(de Candolle) Schultz-Bipontinus in B. Seemann

in B. Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 301. 1856.

Endemic
Basionym: Clavigera dentata de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 128. 1836
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 497. Mentioned on page 493.

Shrubs, 60–120 cm. Stems branched from bases, puberulent, sparsely glanddotted. Leaves alternate; petioles 1–2 mm; blades obscurely 3-nerved from bases, lanceolate to lanceovate, 5–40 × 3.5–12 mm, bases acute to cuneate, margins usually coarsely dentate, sometimes entire, apices acute, faces glanddotted. Heads in (elongate) paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 1–2 mm, puberulent, glanddotted. Involucres cylindric to campanulate, 7–11 mm. Phyllaries 18–22 in 5–6 series, greenish or stramineous, 3–5-striate, unequal, margins scarious (apices acute to obtuse, ciliate); outer ovate (glandular-pubescent), inner lanceolate (glanddotted). Florets 13–20; corollas pale green or yellow, 4.5–6.5 mm. Cypselae 3.5–4 mm, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent; pappi of 30–35 tawny, usually barbellate, sometimes subplumose, bristles. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Gravel of limestone streambeds
Elevation: 100–400 m

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... more about "Brickellia dentata"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Randall W. Scott +
(de Candolle) Schultz-Bipontinus in B. Seemann +
acute +  and cuneate +
enlarged +
Clavigera dentata +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
lanceolate;lanceovate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
subplumose +  and barbellate +
yellow +  and pale green +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
100–400 m +
tomentose +, strigose +, glandular-puberulent +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Gravel of limestone streambeds +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
cylindric;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 +
entire +  and dentate +
toothed +, serrate +, lobed +, laciniate-dentate +  and crenate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Flowering Aug–Nov. +
18 +  and 22 +
in B. Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
puberulent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Brickellia dentata +
Brickellia +
species +
cylindric +
perennial +  and annual +
120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +