Description
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Shrubs, 60–120 cm. Stems branched from bases, puberulent, sparsely gland-dotted. Leaves alternate; petioles 1–2 mm; blades obscurely 3-nerved from bases, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 5–40 × 3.5–12 mm, bases acute to cuneate, margins usually coarsely dentate, sometimes entire, apices acute, faces gland-dotted. Heads in (elongate) paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 1–2 mm, puberulent, gland-dotted. Involucres cylindric to campanulate, 7–11 mm. Phyllaries 18–22 in 5–6 series, greenish or stramineous, 3–5-striate, unequal, margins scarious (apices acute to obtuse, ciliate); outer ovate (glandular-pubescent), inner lanceolate (gland-dotted). Florets 13–20; corollas pale green or yellow, 4.5–6.5 mm. Cypselae 3.5–4 mm, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent; pappi of 30–35 tawny, usually barbellate, sometimes subplumose, bristles. 2n = 18.
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Synonym
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Clavigera dentata de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 128. 1836
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Brickellia dentata: Brief Summary
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Brickellia dentata, the leafy brickellbush, is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has only been found in Texas in the south-central United States.
Brickellia dentata is a branching shrub sometimes growing up to 120 centimeters (48 inches or 4 feet) tall. Produces numerous yellow or pale green flower heads in a paniculate array.
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