Mojave brickellbush facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mojave brickellbush |
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Asteroideae
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Eupatorieae
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Brickellia
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B. oblongifolia
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Brickellia oblongifolia is a plant from the sunflower family. It's also known as the Mojave brickellbush. This plant grows in dry and semi-dry areas across North America. You can find it from British Columbia in Canada all the way south to California, Arizona, and New Mexico in the western United States.
About the Mojave Brickellbush
The Mojave brickellbush is a type of plant that lives for many years. It can grow up to 60 centimeters (about 24 inches) tall. This plant grows from a strong, woody base called a caudex.
What Does It Look Like?
The Mojave brickellbush has special groups of flowers called flower heads. These flower heads can appear one at a time or in small groups. Each flower head is usually cream-colored or a pale yellow-green. They have disc florets, which are the small tube-shaped flowers in the center of a sunflower. However, they do not have ray florets, which are the petal-like flowers you see on the outside of a sunflower.
Where Does It Grow?
This plant is found in many places across the western parts of Canada and the United States. It likes dry and semi-dry areas.
There are two main types, or varieties, of Brickellia oblongifolia:
- Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia: This type grows in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Washington.
- Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia: This type is found in British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and Montana.
