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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