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Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.
large-flowered brickellia (tasselflower brickellbush)
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Distribution of Brickellia grandiflora
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Species Information

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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

General:
Perennial herb from long, thickened roots; stems solitary to several, minutely stiff-hairy, 25-70 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves soon deciduous below, lower to middle ones opposite or nearly so, lanceolate to deltoid or heart-shaped, round-toothed to toothed, hairy, glandular-dotted, stalked, 2-11 cm long, 1-6 cm wide.

Flowers:
Heads discoid, several to numerous in a short, open inflorescence; involucres 7-12 mm tall; involucral bracts graduated, the outer ones egg-shaped and tipped with a slender appendage, the inner lanceolate; discoid; disk flowers 20-38, rarely 70, greenish-yellow or cream-coloured.

Fruits:
Achenes 10-ribbed, 4-5 mm long, the base calloused; pappus of numerous white bristles.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Moist to mesic meadows and open forests in the montane to lower subalpine zones; rare in SE BC, known only from Paulson and Sage Creek, Flathead River valley; E to SW AB and S to NW MT and N ID.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Status Information

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S1	Red	NAR (May 1996)

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer, the authoritative source for conservation information in British Columbia.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Brickellia grandiflora var. petiolaris A. Gray
Coleosanthus grandiflorus (Hook.) Kuntze

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Asteraceae
Flora North America treatment for Brickellia grandiflora
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
International Plant Names Index
Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Range and Status Information Links

Burke Museum of Natural History (Washington State records)
CalFlora
Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria records
Jepson Interchange
NatureServe Explorer
USDA

Additional Photo Sources

UBC Herbarium Scanned Collection Record
Images From CalPhoto
UT Austin's Native Plant Database
Google Image Search
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General References

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Family References
General Botanical References for BC

Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-05-11 11:09:22 PM ]

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