Left: Overview of California Brickellia, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso. Right: Flowers of California Brickellia, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise Co., AZ. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

Close-up of leaves of California Brickellia, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise Co., AZ. Photograph by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: California Brickellia
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Brickellia californica (bric-KELL-ee-uh cal-ah-FORN-ih-kuh)
• Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
• Geographic Range: Widespread across southwest mountains from California and Idaho to New Mexico, western Texas; Baja California to Chihuahua, Mexico
• Plant Form: Deciduous shrub, 3' X 3'.
• Remarks: A small mounding shrub with many stems, lined and terminated by many clusters of small straw colored heads of disk flowers sometimes tinged with purple. The thin, aromatic leaves are triangular to broadly ovate and roundly toothed.  Seldom used for landscaping but naturally grows in rocky soils, in full sun to part shade, with low to medium moisture and is very cold tolerant.

Last Update: 18 Aug 2013