Home
Advanced Search Map Locator
View Settings
Nurseries Carrying this Plant Add Current Plant To List Edit Current Plant
Show all Photos

About Calscape Nurseries
California Garden Planner Bay Area Garden Planner (NEW) Planting Guide
Butterflies My Plant Lists
Contact Calscape
Tap map to see plants native to location
Order by Popularity Order by Common Name Order by Scientific Name Order by # of Butterflies Hosted
Show nursery cultivars Hide nursery cultivars
Show plants not in nurseries Hide plants not in nurseries
Grid view Text view
Loading....
Desert Brickellbush
Brickellia desertorum
  
About Desert Brickellbush (Brickellia desertorum) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Brickellia desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names desert brickellbush and desert brickellia. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the southwestern United States (the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, and Arizona). Brickellia desertorum is a densely branching shrub with hairy stems growing to 1. 5 metres (4. 9 ft) tall. The small, toothed, oval-shaped leaves are up to 1. 2 centimeters long. The inflorescences at the end of stem branches contain clusters of flower heads, each about a centimeter long and lined with greenish, purplish, or yellowish phyllaries. At the tip of the head are 8 to 12 tubular disc florets.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Shrub

Size
Size
4.9 ft tall

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2 likely * ) SHOW ALL
*
Schinia buta Image
Schinia butaSchinia buta
*
Schinia oleagina Image
Schinia oleaginaSchinia oleagina

Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.2" - 48.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.20" - 3.84", Coldest Month: 37.5" - 59.2", Hottest Month: 60.8" - 88.8", Humidity: 1.87" - 43.28", Elevation: -72" - 7763"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Desert Brickellia


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


Sign in to your Calscape Account X




Once signed in, you'll be able to access any previously saved plant lists or create new ones.

Email Address
Password

Sign In