Plant Name
Scientific Name: Brickellia coulteri
Common Names: Coulter's Brickellbush, Coulter's Brickellia
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert. It grows mainly in canyons.
Flower Color: Light yellow-green disks, no rays
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Height: To 3 feet (91 cm) tall
Description: The flower heads are rayless and 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) wide with reddish brown bracts. The leaves are bright green, triangular in shape, opposite, and variably toothed.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus: Brickellia Elliot – brickellbush
Species: Brickellia coulteri A. Gray – Coulter's brickellbush
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