Brickellia pringlei, or Pringle's brickellbush,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa) and the southwestern United States (southern Arizona).[3][4]

Brickellia pringlei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. pringlei
Binomial name
Brickellia pringlei
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus pringlei (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia pringlei is abranching shrub up to 80 cm (24 inches) tall, growing from a woody caudex. It produces many small flower heads with pale yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

The species is named for American botanist Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838–1911).[6]

References edit

  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia pringlei A.Gray
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia pringlei". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Brickellia pringlei A.Gray
  6. ^ Gray, Asa 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 206