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Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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False Boneset.
Brickellia eupatorioides var. chlorolepis
Aster (Asteraceae) family.

Plants 30-150 cm. Leaves opposite; petioles 0-1 mm; blades 1-nerved from bases, lance-linear to linear, 5-90 × 1.5-9 mm, margins entire. Heads in paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 10-100 mm. Involucres 8-13 mm. Phyllaries greenish, sometimes purple-tinged (apices obtuse to acuminate). Florets 16-30; corollas pale yellow-green to pinkish lavender, 4.7-8 mm. Cypselae 4-5 mm. Flowering May-Oct. Open areas, wide range of soils; 400-1400 m.

Santa Catalina Mountains
Molino Basin Campground
Location: Shoulder of road just past gate.
9/29/16

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