Brickellia venosa, the veiny brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora) and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona, far western Texas (El Paso County).[3][4]
Brickellia venosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. venosa |
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Brickellia venosa (Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Rob. | |
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Brickellia venosa is a branching shrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]
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Brickellia venosa |
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Coleosanthus venosus |
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