BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia
narrow-leaved brickellia
| Scientific Name: | Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | narrow-leaved brickellia | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Variety | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | BRICOBL1 | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5T5 (Sep 1997) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Description: | Glandular-puberulent herb or subshrub, 1-6 dm tall, generally with many stems from near the base. Leaves all cauline, mostly sessile, alternate or occasionally opposite to subopposite, entire or nearly so, lance-linear to oblong or elliptic, 1-4 cm long and up to 15 mm wide. Leaves mostly 2-8 times as long as wide. Heads terminating the branches or subcorymbosely clustered and relatively large. The involucres 10-20 mm high with acute to acuminate bracts. Flowers ochroleucous, numerous with about 40-50 flowers in each head. Achenes 4.5-6 mm long. | ||||||||||
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Forest / Conifer Forest - Dry / Facultative - frequent use
Grassland/Shrub / Sagebrush Steppe / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Cliff / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Talus / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Southern British Columbia, sw and sc Montana, south to the Snake River Plain in Idaho and northern Nevada, and west to Oregon and Washington. | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Douglas, G.W. 1995. The Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) of British Columbia. Vol. 2. Astereae, Anthemideae, Eupatorieae and Inuleae. Royal B.C. Mus. Victoria. 393pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.D. Straley, and D. Meidinger, eds. 1998b. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 1, Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons (Aceraceae through Asteraceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch, and B.C. Minist. For. Res. Program. 436pp. |
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006c. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 21. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 616 pp. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).