Brickellia cordifolia

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 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 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]

  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