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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. coulteri
Binomial name
*Brickellia coulteri* A.Gray
Synonyms
Brickellia cayucensis M.E.Jones Brickellia megalodonta Greenm. Coleosanthus coulteri (A.Gray) Kuntze Coleosanthus megalodontus (Greenm.) Arthur

Brickellia coulteri (Coulter's brickellbush) is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora, Oaxaca) and the southwestern United States (Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, western Texas).

Brickellia coulteri is a shrub up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. It has many small flower heads with pale yellow-green disc flowers but no ray flowers.

Varieties

Brickellia coulteri var. adenopoda (B.L.Rob.) B.L.Turner
Brickellia coulteri var. coulteri

The species is named in 1852 for Irish botanist Thomas Coulter (1793 – 1843).

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