Brickellia


Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia.
Graphic Thesaurus  🔍
Display ON
Animation ON
Legend
Synonym
Antonym
Related
  • noun

Synonyms for Brickellia

genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
Common name Scientific name Family (2) Cutleaf brickellbush Brickellia laciniata Gray As Tarbush Flourensia cernua DC.
Whereas these compounds seem to lead to an increase in [[[Ca.sup.2+]].sub.i] xanthomicrol, a flavone present in Brickellia paniculata, seems to inhibit voltage-dependent [Ca.sup.2+]-channels in rat uterus (Ponce-Monter et al.
corollata, Physostegia virginiana, and Brickellia eupatorioides [=
Mid-grass prairie; the common species include the grasses Bouteloua curtipendula, Schizachyrium scoparium, and Hesperostipa spartea and forbs such as Amorpha canescens, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, Dalea purpureum, Erysimium capimtum, and Brickellia eupatorioides.
Examples of the generic names honoring the early plant taxonomists include: Elliottia, Lyonia, Brickellia, Balduina, Macbridia, and Lecontia.
Contact: Jean Isaacs, 12246 Brickellia St., San Diego, CA 92129; 858.484.7791; fax: 858.822.3016; jeanmisaacs@ yahoo.com; sandiegodancetheatre.org.
Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa), wax current (Ribes cereum), skunkbush sumac (Rhus trilobata), Diamond Valley suncup (Camissonia gouldii), and California brickellbush (Brickellia californica) were most characteristic of young ecosystems; while blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis), squirreltail (Elymus elymoides), broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), rose heath (Chaetopappa ericoides), Abert's creeping zinnia (Sanvitalia abertii), and pingue rubberweed (Hymenoxys richardsonii) were most characteristic of older ecosystems (Table 3).
X Bidens trichosperma (Michx.) Britton X Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners X var.
scribnerianum Acteraceae Brickellia eupatoriodes N Cyperaceae Cyperus filiculmis N Acteraceae Corecpsis palmata N Asclepiadaceae Acclepias verticillata N Commelinaceae Commelina erecta N Acteraceae Helianthus pauciforus N Asclepiadaceae Acclepias cf., viridifora N Poaceae Panicum depauperatum N Plantaginaceae Plantago patagonica I Campanulaceae Triodanis perfoliata N Poaceae Vulpia octofora N Brassicaceae Arabis lyrata N Poaceae Aristida tuberculosa N Brassicaceae Deccurainia pinnata N Asteraceae Erigeron strigmus N Violaceae Viola pedata N Acteraceae Antennaria plantaginifolia N Molluginaceae Mollugo verticillata I Poaceae Sporobolus cryptandrus N Onagraceae Oenothera rhombipetala N Caryophyllaceae Silene antirrhina N Primulaceae Androsace occidentalis N Liliaceae Allium sp.