Brickellia leptophylla (Scheele) Shinners. Common name: Edwards Plateau Kuhnia. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Limestone slopes, streambeds, calcareous prairies; "usually occurring in moist to dry gravelly alluvial soils along riverbanks but also on limestone slopes" (Carr 2016). Distribution: Ec. TX (Edwards Plateau and adjacent Blackland Prairie regions), w. OK, CO, e. UT south to n. Mexico and NM.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Nesom (2022c); = Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners var. gracillima (A.Gray) B.L.Turner — FNA21, K4; < Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners — Mex, Ok; > Kuhnia chlorolepis Wooten & Standl. — GrPl, Tx; > Kuhnia leptophylla Scheele — Tx. Basionym: Kuhnia leptophylla Scheele 1848
Links to other floras: = Brickellia eupatorioides var. gracillima - FNA21
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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