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Asteraceae

Littleleaf brickellbush

Brickellia microphylla (Nutt.) A.Gray

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Brickellia

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Littleleaf brickellbush: Brickellia microphylla var. microphylla on Blue Diamond Hill, Red Rock Canyon, southern Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Littleleaf brickellbush

Synonyms

  • Brickellia cedrosensis Greene
  • Brickellia grayanae Hieron.
  • Brickellia microphylla subsp. microphylla
  • Bulbostylis microphylla Nutt.
  • Coleosanthus cedrosensis Greene
  • Coleosanthus microphyllus Kuntze

Characteristics

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

Photos

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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.