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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mule Mountain Brickell-Bush, Mule Mountain False Brickellbush, Mule Mountain Brickellbush
Description
Genus Asanthus
Perennials
or subshrubs
, 30-60(-100) cm. Stems erect
, much branched. Leaves cauline; mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate) ; ± sessile [petiolate
]; blades
1-nerved (or nerves
parallel, mostly linear
to filiform
[lanceolate] (distal usually filiform to scalelike, canescent
, often with axillary
, ± 4-ranked, canescent, fascicles of scale-leaves), margins
entire, faces
glabrous
or puberulent
, usually gland-dotted. Heads discoid
, in narrow, racemiform
[corymbiform
to paniculiform
] arrays. Involucres ± obconic, 4-5 mm diam. Phyllaries persistent
, 20-25 in 4-8 series, not notably nerved, lance-ovate to oblong
, unequal (herbaceous to scarious
, becoming indurate
). Receptacles flat, epaleate. Florets 8-14; corollas whitish, throats
narrowly cylindric
(lengths
6-8 times diams.) ; styles: bases
not enlarged, glabrous, branches narrowly clavate
(distally dilated
, not notably papillose
). Cypselae narrowly prismatic
, (9-) 10-ribbed, scabrellous on ribs
; pappi persistent, of 20-100 barbellate
(at least distally) bristles
in 1-3 series.
Species 3: sw United
States, w Mexico.
Asanthus has been included
within Steviopsis (see discussion under 404. Brickelliastrum).[1]
Physical Description
Species Asanthus squamulosus
Leaves: petioles 0-2 mm; blades 3-7 cm × 2-6 mm. Involucres 8-10 mm. Phyllaries grading into similar-sized peduncular bracts. Cypselae 2-3 mm. [source]
Habit: Subshrub , Shrub
Flowers:
Bloom Period:
Flats, gravel
banks, arroyos
, pine-oak woodlands; 2000-2500 m
(Ref.
51670).
Habitat
Flats, gravel banks, arroyos , pine-oak woodlands; 2000-2500 m (Ref. 51670).
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Asanthus
()
- R. M. King & H. Robinson, Phytologia. 24: 66. 1972.
- [Asa, honoring American botanist Asa Gray, 1810-1888, and Greek anthos, flower]
- Specific epithet:
squamulosus
- (Gray) King & H.E. Robins.
- Botanical name: - Asanthus squamulosus (Gray) King & H.E. Robins.
- Specific epithet:
squamulosus
- (Gray) King & H.E. Robins.
- Genus:
Asanthus
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Synonyms
Brickellia squamulosa A. Gray • Brickellia squamulosa Gray • Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 15: 30. 1880
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Asanthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. squamulosus (Mule Mountain Brickell-Bush)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- "Asanthus squamulosus". in Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 509, 510. Published by Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:
- The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2658003
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-36593
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13749063
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:180314-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 36593
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDAST1H160
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ASSQ
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 21220
Footnotes
- Guy L. Nesom "Asanthus". in Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 460, 507, 509. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
