Asteraceae

Woolly brickellbush

Brickellia incana A.Gray

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia

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Woolly brickellbush (Brickellia incana) — FlowerPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Woolly brickellbush

Synonyms

Coleosanthus incanus Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: May, September to October (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: DeanWmTaylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oscar Dove, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Marcus Tamura, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marcus Tamura, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.