Little-leaf Brickell Bush
Brickellia microphylla scabra
FLOWERS: Small heads of composite flowers panicled at ends of
branches. No ray flowers and the disc flowers barely protrude above the purplish phyllaries and
fine pappus of capillary bristles. A single head and achene shown at left. Mid spring and during other seasons depending on moisture availability.
SHRUB: Small, ± 0.5 m, inconspicuous shrub on rocky slopes
often in partial shade.
LEAVES: Short, rather tough-textured leaves.
RANGE: Occasional at northwest edge of the Sonoran Desert where it meets
the Mojave Desert.
PAPPUS: (crown at apex of achene) A crown of fine capillary bristles lenghens and becomes conspicuous after blooming.
UNARMED.