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|accepted_name=Brickellia californica
|accepted_authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|place=4: 64. 1849
|year=1849
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Bulbostylis californica
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. N. Amer.
|publication_place=2: 79. 1841
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Brickellia;Brickellia californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Brickellia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Brickellia californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 492, 502, 504
|treatment_page=page 495
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 50–200 cm. <b>Stems</b> branched from near bases, glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; petioles 5–60+ mm; blades 3-nerved from bases, ovate to deltate, 10–100 × 10–90 mm, bases cordate to truncate, margins crenate to serrate, apices acute to rounded, faces puberulent to glabrate, often gland-dotted. <b>Heads</b> borne in (leafy) paniculiform arrays. <b>Peduncles</b> 1–5 mm, glandular-pubescent. <b>Involucres</b> cylindric to obconic, 7–12 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 21–35 in 5–6 series, greenish, often purple-tinged, 3–4-striate, unequal, margins scarious; outer ovate to lance-ovate (glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent, apices acute to acuminate), inner lanceolate (glabrous, apices obtuse to acuminate). <b>Florets</b> 8–12; corollas pale yellow-green, 5.5–8 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 2.5–3.5 mm, puberulent; pappi of 24–30 white, barbellate bristles. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Dry, rocky hillsides, arroyos, canyons
|elevation=800–2700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Floret number of 18 is reported for <i>Brickellia californica</i> in most floras; A. Cronquist (1994) noted that 18 is high by his count; he reported 12 as the maximum number for the specimens he sampled and that fits the specimens I have counted from Arizona.</p>
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name=Brickellia californica
|authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Bulbostylis californica
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Dry, rocky hillsides, arroyos, canyons
|elevation=800–2700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|publication year=1849
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_1246.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Brickellia
|species=Brickellia californica
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