Brickellia lemmonii var. wootonii (Wooton Beggar-Ticks)
Family
ASTERACEAE
Common Name
Wooton Beggar-Ticks
Description
Shrubs robust, woody to the base, the plants reaching 50.0 cm in height; leaves simple, opposite and sessile, elliptic to lanceolate, 20.0 to 50.0 mm in length and 10.0 to 15.0 mm in width, the margins serrate to crenate or dentate; heads in panicles of approximately 10 flowers, each head subtended by an involucre of purple tinged bracts; achenes densely pubescent; pappus bristles slightly scabrous.
Distribution
Perhaps widely scattered over southern and southwestern New Mexico at 1,500 to 2,200 m (5,000 to 7,000 ft) in elevation. More common in southeastern Arizona and probably even more abundant in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Important Literature
Carter, J.L. 1997. Trees and shrubs of New Mexico. Johnson Books, Boulder, Colorado.
Kearney, T.H. and R.H. Peebles. 1951. Arizona Flora. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Martin, W.C. and C.R. Hutchens. 1981. A Flora of New Mexico.
Information Compiled By
Jack Carter 1997
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