Brickellia cavanillesii is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Chiapas north as far as Durango.Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
The species is named for Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles (1745–1804).Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 67 description in Latin, commentary in French
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen of Brickellia cavanillesii, collected in México State Heriba del becerro, Brickellia cavanillesii video in Spanish, explaining medicinal uses of this and certain other Mexican plants Plantas medicinales de México, Priodigiosa, Brickellia cavanillesii in Spanish