Brickellia oblongifolia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Brickellia oblongifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.
Synonyms
Brickellia mohavensis A.Gray Coleosanthus abbreviatus Greene Coleosanthus humilis Greene Coleosanthus mohavensis (A.Gray) Kuntze Coleosanthus oblongifolius (Nutt.) Kuntze Brickellia linifolia D.C.Eaton, syn of var. linifolia

Brickellia oblongifolia (Mojave brickellbush) is North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is widespread across arid and semi-arid regions in the western United States and Canada, from British Columbia south to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Brickellia oblongifolia is a perennial herb of subshrub up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. Flower heads sometime appear one at a time, sometimes in groups of several, each head cream-colored or pale yellow-green, containing disc florets but no ray florets.

Varieties

• Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia (D.C.Eaton) B.L.Rob. - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington
• Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia - British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Montana