Brickellia simplex (Sonoran Brickell-Bush)
Family
ASTERACEAE
Common Name
Sonoran Brickell-Bush
Description
Stems herbaceous to 60 cm in height; leaves simple, opposite and triangular-ovate, coarsely toothed, cordate or subcordate at the base, usually exceeding 15.0 mm in length and 2.0 mm in width; heads solitary or few on long naked peduncles with about 60 flowers in each head; involucre about 13.0 mm in height.
Distribution
Rare in southern and southwest New Mexico, even though the type locality is in Lincoln County; uncommon in the Chiricahua, Huachuca, and Patagonia mountains of southeast Arizona, but probably more common in Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico.
Important Literature
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.
1879. Proc. Am. Acad. 15:30.
Lehr, J. Harry. 1978. A catalogue of the flora of Arizona
Information Compiled By
Jack Carter 1997
For distribution maps and more information, visit Natural Heritage New Mexico