Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Brickellia floribunda Gray
(Chihuahuan Brickellbush)


Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Coleosanthus floribundus (Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia floribunda can form a shrub and is woody toward the base. The leaves are irregularly toothed and have three obvious veins. The achenes are small for Brickellias, about 2 mm long, the bristles are white. The phyllaries and peduncles can be very stipitate glandular. This Brickellia likes riparian canyons and banks near streams at lower elevations.
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Brickellia floribunda, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher, and the Gila River Festival Field Trip 2007 to Box Cyn. Rd. at the Gila River, Sept. 15, 2007



Brickellia floribunda, closeup of flowerhead, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Hwy 15 between Pinos Altos and Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, Aug. 26, 2009



Brickellia floribunda, macro of stipitate glandular involucre and peduncle, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Tyrone-Thompson Road, October 27, 2009



Brickellia floribunda, macro of achene, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Tyrone-Thompson Road, October 27, 2009


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