Brickellia rusbyi

Brickellia rusbyi (stinking brickellbush)[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora) and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona).[3][4]

Brickellia rusbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae
Genus:
Brickellia
Species:
B. rusbyi
Binomial name
Brickellia rusbyi
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus rusbyi (A.Gray) Kuntze

Brickellia rusbyi is a branching shrub up to 120 cm (36 inches) tall, growing from a woody base. It produces many small flower heads with yellow disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

The species is named for American botanist Henry Hurd Rusby (1855-1940).[6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Brickellia rusbyi A.Gray
  2. "Brickellia rusbyi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 106


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