Fendler’s Brickellbush

Brickellia fendleri A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 63. 1849; Eupatorium fendleri (A. Gray) A. Gray; Steviopsis fendleri (A. Gray) B. L. Turner

Caudices woody, fibrous-rooted. Stems erect to declined, puberulent. Leaves: petioles 8–30 mm; blades mostly 3–9 × 2–5.5 cm, bases truncate to cordate, margins crenate-serrate to serrate, faces minutely and sparsely puberulent. Corollas 3.5–4.5 mm. 2n = 20.

Flowering Jul–Sep(–Oct). Limestone boulders, crevices, ridgetops, sandstone bluffs, pine woodlands, pine and fir with Douglas fir woods; 1700–2600(–2800) m; Ariz., N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila).