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Brickellia greenei is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Greene's brickellbush.[2] It is native to the mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, including the Cascades, the northern Coast Ranges, and Sierra Nevada (mostly as north of Alpine County but with a few isolated populations in Inyo and Mariposa Counties).[2][3]

Brickellia greenei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. greenei
Binomial name
Brickellia greenei A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
Coleosanthus greenei (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia greenei is a perennial herb growing 20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 in) tall with several glandular, sticky stems covered in leaves. The oval, toothed leaves are up to 3 centimeters (1.2 in) long and sticky with resin glands.[4]

The inflorescences hold widely spaced flower heads, each about2 centimeters (0.79 in) long and lined with narrow, pointed phyllaries. Each flower head holds a nearly spherical array of about 60 thready disc florets. The fruit is a hairy cylindrical achene about 7 millimeters (0.28 in) long with a pappus of bristles.[4][5]

The species is named for American botanist Edward Lee Greene, 1843–1915.[5]

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment: Brickellia greenei
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
• Brickellia greenei - Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

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