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Thoroughwort Brickellbush - Brickellia eupatorioides
Other Names:  Kuhnia eupatorioides

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4
C-value: 3


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General Description
Stems erect, simple or branched, 20–60 cm. Herbage short-puberulent. Leaves glandular-punctate beneath, subsessile, lanceolate, entire to serrate, 2–4 cm long, linear-lanceolate, opposite below, alternate above. Heads erect; peduncles 5–20 mm long. Involucres narrowly campanulate, 6–12 mm high; phyllaries linear to lanceolate, green, puberulent. Disk flowers 15 to 35, cream to pinkish; corolla 6–9 mm long. Achenes 3–5 mm long, hairy; pappus plumose (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are variety corymbulosa (Torr.& A.Gray) Shinners

Species Range
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Range Comments
MT to MA south to AZ, TX, AL, FL, and Mexico (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 70

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Habitat
Grasslands, sagebrush steppe, pine or juniper woodlands; plains (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Anderson, N.L. 1951. Field studies on the biology of range grasshoppers of southeastern Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 96 p.
    • DuBois, K.L. 1979. An inventory of the avifauna in the Long Pines of Southeastern Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 113 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
    • Seipel, T.F. 2006. Plant species diversity in the sagebrush steppe of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 87 p.
    • Skilbred, Chester L. 1979. Plant succession on five naturally revegetated strip-mined deposits at Colstrip, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 128 pp.
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