Brickellia cylindracea
| Brickellia cylindracea | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Genus: | Brickellia | 
| Species: | B. cylindracea | 
| Binomial name | |
| Brickellia cylindracea | |
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Brickellia cylindracea, the gravelbar brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in central Texas.[3]
Brickellia cylindracea is a perennial up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with greenish, yellow, or yellow-orange disc florets but no ray florets.[4]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia cylindracea A.Gray ex A.Gray & Engelm.
- ^ NRCS. "Brickellia cylindracea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia cylindracea A. Gray & Engelmann
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, type specimen of Brickellia cylindracea
- Excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter