Brickellia brachyphylla, the plumed brickellbush[2] or Hinckley's brickellbush,[3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States, in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, western Texas, and the Oklahoma Panhandle. There are reports that it formerly occurred in southwestern Kansas, but these populations appear to be extinct.[4]

Brickellia brachyphylla
Photo of herbarium specimen collected in New Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. brachyphylla
Binomial name
Brickellia brachyphylla (A.Gray) A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
Brickellia hinckleyi Standl. Clavigera brachyphylla A.Gray Coleosanthus brachyphyllus (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia brachyphylla is a shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with pale green disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

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