Brickellia coulteri, or Coulter's brickellbush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico (Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora, Oaxaca) and the southwestern United States (Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, western Texas).Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapTropicos, Brickellia palmeri A. Gray Gray, Asa. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 15(1): 30García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F.
Brickellia coulteri is a shrub up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. It has many small flower heads with pale yellow-green disc flowers but no ray flowers.Flora of North America, Brickellia coulteri A. Gray
Varieties Brickellia coulteri var. adenopoda (B.L.Rob.) B.L.Turner Brickellia coulteri var. coulteri
The species is named in 1852 for Irish botanist Thomas Coulter (1793 – 1843).
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, type specimen of Brickellia coulteri