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Brickellia oreithales

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Brickellia oreithales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. oreithales
Binomial name
Brickellia oreithales
Synonyms[1]
  • Kuhnia oreithales B.L.Rob.
  • Kuhnia triplinervis S.F.Blake

Brickellia oreithales is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern and western Mexico, states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, and Zacatecas.[2]

Brickellia oreithales is an herb up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. The plant produces several small white or pale purple flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia oreithales (B.L.Rob.) Shinners
  2. ^ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
  3. ^ Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1918. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 54: 263 description in Latin, commentary in English
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