Brickellia oblongifolia explained

Brickellia oblongifolia, the Mojave brickellbush,^[1] is North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Varieties^[4]

• Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia (D.C.Eaton) B.L.Rob. - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington
• Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia - British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Montana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plant Profile - Brickellia oblongifolia. Natural Resources Conservation Service. United States Department of Agriculture. 16 May 2015.
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Brickellia%20oblongifolia.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066267 Flora of North America, Brickellia oblongifolia Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 288. 1840.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-32050 The Plant List, Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.