Brickellia grandiflora, known by the common name tasselflower brickellbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[3]
Description
Brickellia grandiflora is an upright perennial herb growing a few-branched stem up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) tall. The hairy, glandular leaves are up to 12 cm (4+3⁄4 in) long and lance-shaped, triangular, or heart-shaped.[4]
The inflorescences at the tip of the slender stem holds clusters of nodding flower heads, each just over 1 cm long and lined with greenish phyllaries with curling tips. The bell-shaped flower head holds a spreading array of 20 to 40 disc florets. The fruit is a hairy cylindrical achene about 4 millimeters (1⁄8 in) long with a pappus of bristles.[4] The bloom period is July to October.[5]