Brickellia pringlei
Brickellia pringlei (Pringle's brickellbush)[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa) and the southwestern United States (southern Arizona).[3][4]
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Brickellia pringlei is abranching shrub up to 80 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with pale yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]
The species is named for American botanist Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838–1911).[6]
References
- The Plant List, Brickellia pringlei A.Gray
- "Brickellia pringlei". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- 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
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- Flora of North America, Brickellia pringlei A.Gray
- Gray, Asa 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 206
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