Brickellia venosa, the veiny brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora) and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona, far western Texas (El Paso County).[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Brickellia |
| Species: | B. venosa
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Brickellia venosa is a branching shrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia venosa (Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Rob.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia venosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia venosa (Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Rob.
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