Brickellia cordifolia

Brickellia cordifolia is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to southeastern United States in the states of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.[2] Common names are Flyr's nemesis[3][4] or Flyr's brickellbush.[5]

Brickellia cordifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. cordifolia
Binomial name
Brickellia cordifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus cordifolius (Elliott) Kuntze
  • Eupatorium brickellia DC.

Brickellia cordifolia is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. It produces many small flower heads with pale yellow-green disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in most pine and oak woodlands at low elevations.[6][7]

References
  1. The Plant List Brickellia cordifolia Elliott
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Native Florida Wildflowers
  4. Alabama Plant Atlas, Brickellia cordifolia, Flyr's False Boneset; Flyr's Nemesis; Flyr's Brickell Bush Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  5. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brickellia cordifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  6. Flora of North America, Brickellia cordifolia Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina. 2: 290. 1823.
  7. Elliott, Stephen 1823. Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia 2(3): 290


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