Overview
Interesting Facts
- A sweet odor is often associated with Brickellia greenei. [source]
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Greene Brickellbush
Description
Family Compositae
The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.
Genus Brickellia
Annuals
, perennials
, subshrubs
, or shrubs
, (12-) 30-120(-200) cm. Stems mostly erect
, often much branched (sometimes virgate
, often striate
). Leaves cauline; opposite or alternate; petiolate
or sessile; blades
usually 3-nerved from bases
, deltate, lance-elliptic, lance-linear
, lanceolate, lance-ovate, lance-rhombic, linear
, oblong
, obovate
, ovate
, rhombic-ovate, spatulate
, or suborbiculate, margins
mostly crenate
, dentate
, entire, laciniate-dentate, lobed
, serrate, or toothed
, faces
glabrous
(sometimes shiny) or glandular-puberulent, strigose
, or tomentose
, sometimes gland-dotted. Heads usually in corymbiform
, sometimes cymiform, paniculiform
, or racemiform
, arrays, rarely borne singly. Involucres cylindric
to obconic or campanulate
, 5-12 mm diam. Phyllaries persistent
, (10-) 14-45(-60) in 3-7(-9) series, usually (4-) 5-6(-16) -striate or -nerved, linear or lanceolate to oblanceolate
or oblong, usually unequal (usually chartaceous
, sometimes herbaceous). Receptacles flat to convex
, epaleate. Florets (3-) 8-45(-90) ; corollas usually white or whitish to cream, sometimes greenish, purplish or yellowish, throats
mostly cylindric to narrowly funnelform
(lengths
3-5 times diams.) ; styles: bases enlarged, hairy
, branches narrowly clavate
(± dilated
distally). Cypselae narrowly prismatic
, 10-ribbed, glabrous or hairy to glabrate
, often gland-dotted; pappi persistent, of 10-80 usually smooth
or barbellulate
to barbellate
, sometimes plumose
or subplumose bristles
in 1 series. x = 9.
Species ca.
100: North America, Mexico, Central America.[1]
Physical Description
Species Brickellia greenei
Perennials , 20-50 cm (caudices woody). Stems branched, villous , stipitate-glandular . Leaves alternate; petioles 0-2 mm; blades 3-nerved from bases , ovate , 15-30 × 5-25 mm, bases rounded to truncate , margins evenly to irregularly serrate, apices acute, faces viscid-glandular. Heads borne singly or in open, cymiform arrays (each head subtended by leaflike bracts). Peduncles 0-2 mm. Involucres broadly cylindric to campanulate , 14-18 mm. Phyllaries (24-) 36-42 in (3-) 5-7 series, greenish or stramineous , often purple-tinged, 3-5-striate, unequal, margins narrowly scarious (apices acute to long-acuminate) ; outer lance-ovate to lanceolate (sparsely gland-dotted), inner narrowly lanceolate (glabrous ). Florets 44-60; corollas yellow-green, often purple-tinged, 8-10 mm. Cypselae 5.5-7 mm, glabrate to hispidulous ; pappi of 20-30 white, barbellate bristles . 2n = 18. Flowering Jul-Sep. [source]
Habit: Subshrub , Shrub , Forb/herb
Habitat
Open rocky slopes , canyon bottoms , riparian areas, serpentine soils; 800-2200 m [2].
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Compositae
()
- Giseke, 1792, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
()
- Tribe:
Eupatorieae
()
- Subtribe:
Alomiinae
()
- Genus:
Brickellia
()
- S. Elliott, 1823, nom. cons.
- [For John Brickell, 1748-1809, Irish-born physician and naturalist who settled in Georgia (not John Brickell, 1710?-1745, Irish naturalist who visited North Carolina ca. 1729-1731 and published on the natural history of North Carolina in 1737)]
- Specific epithet:
greenei
- A.Gray
- Botanical name: - Brickellia greenei A.Gray
- Specific epithet:
greenei
- A.Gray
- Genus:
Brickellia
(
- Subtribe:
Alomiinae
(
- Tribe:
Eupatorieae
(
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Data Providers: Govaerts World Compositae Checklist
A-G,
IPNI, Tropicos. GCC LSID: urn
:lsid:compositae.org:names:E43434AE-8F78-4256-A3E3-33C3D331DAB3
Last scrutiny: 11-Aug-09
Similar Species
Members of the genus Brickellia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 71 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. amplexicaulis (Ear-Leaf Brickellbush) · B. amplexicaulis B.L.Robins. var. amplexicaulis B.L.Robins. (Earleaf Brickellbush) · B. amplexicaulis B.L.Robins. var. lanceolata (Gray) B.L.Robins. (Earleaf Brickellbush) · B. amplexicaulis var. amplexicaulis (Earleaf Brickellbush) · B. amplexicaulis var. lanceolata (Earleaf Brickellbush) · B. arguta (Hollyleaf Brickellbush) · B. arguta var. arguta (Spearleaf Brickellia) · B. arguta var. odontolepis (Pungent Brickellbush) · B. atractyloides (Hollyleaf Brickellbush) · B. atractyloides Gray var. atractyloides Gray (Spearleaf Brickellia) · B. atractyloides var. atractyloides (Spearleaf Brickellia) · B. baccharidea (Baccharis-Leaf Brickellia) · B. betonicifolia (Betony-Leaf Brickell-Bush) · B. brachyphylla (Brach Brickellbush) · B. brachyphylla var. brachyphylla (Plumed Brickellbush) · B. brachyphylla var. hinckleyi (Hinckleys Brickellia) · B. brachyphylla var. terlinguensis (Terlingua Brickellia) · B. californica (California Brickell-Bush) · B. californica var. californica (California Brickellbush) · B. californica var. jepsonii (Jepson's Brickellbush) · B. chenopodina (Chenopod Brickell-Bush) · B. conduplicata (Southwest Brickell-Bush) · B. cordifolia (Flyr's Brickell-Bush) · B. coulteri (Coulter Brickellbush) · B. cylindracea (Gravel-Bar Brickell-Bush) · B. dentata (Leafy Brickell-Bush) · B. desertorum (Desert Brickellbush) · B. eupatorioides (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides (L.) Shinners var. corymbulosa (Torr. & Gray) Shinners (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides var. chlorolepis (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides var. corymbulosa (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides var. eupatorioides (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides var. floridana (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides var. gracilis (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides var. gracillima (False Boneset) · B. eupatorioides var. texana (False Boneset) · B. floribunda (Chihuahuan Brickellbush) · B. frutescens (Rigid Brickellbush) · B. grandiflora (Mountain Brickellbush) · B. greenei (Greene Brickellbush) · B. hinckleyi var. terlinguensis (Terlingu Brickellia) · B. incana (White Brickellbush) · B. knappiana (Knapp Brickellbush) · B. laciniata (Cutleaf Brickel-Bush) · B. lemmonii (Lemmon Brickellbush) · B. lemmonii var. lemmonii (Lemmon's Brickellbush) · B. lemmonii var. wootonii (Lemmon's Brickellbush) · B. longifolia (Long Leaf Brickellbush) · B. longifolia var. longifolia (Longleaf Brickellbush) · B. longifolia var. multiflora (Longleaf Brickellbush) · B. longifolia var. multiflora (Kellogg) Cronq. (Gumleaf Brickellbush) · B. microphylla (Littleleaf Brickellbush) · B. microphylla scabra (Littleleaf Brickellbush) · B. microphylla var. microphylla (Littleleaf Brickellbush) · B. microphylla var. scabra (Rough Brickellbush) · B. microphylla var. watsonii (Watson's Brickellbush) · B. nelsonii (Nelson's Brickellbush) · B. nevinii (Nevin Brickellbush) · B. oblongifolia (Mohave Brickellbush) · B. oblongifolia linifolia (Narrow Leaf Brickellbush) · B. oblongifolia var. linifolia (Narrow Leaf Brickellbush) · B. oblongifolia var. oblongifolia (Narrowleaf Brickellbush) · B. parvula (Small Brickellbush) · B. pringlei (Pringle's Brickellbush) · B. rusbyi (Stinking Brickell-Bush) · B. simplex (Sonoran Brickell-Bush) · B. venosa (Veined Brickell-Bush) · B. veronicifolia (Veronica-Leaved Brickell-Bush) · B. veronicifolia var. petrophila (Veronicaleaf Brickellbush) · B. veronicifolia var. veronicifolia (Veronicaleaf Brickellbush) · B. viejensis (Tierra Vieja Brickellbush)
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Further Reading
- Robinson, B. L. 1917. A monograph of the genus Brickellia. Mem. Gray Herb. 1: 3-151.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2658199
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-23106
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13749252
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:186239-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 36879
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: BRGR2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19235
Footnotes
- Randall W. Scott "Brickellia". in Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 460, 491, 507. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- "Brickellia greenei". in Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 491, 500, 501. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
