Brickellia oblongifolia

Brickellia oblongifolia (Mojave brickellbush)[2] is North American species of plants in the sunflower family. 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
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B. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Brickellia oblongifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Brickellia mohavensis A.Gray
  • Coleosanthus abbreviatus Greene
  • Coleosanthus humilis Greene
  • Coleosanthus mohavensis (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Coleosanthus oblongifolius (Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Brickellia linifolia D.C.Eaton, syn of var. linifolia

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]

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