Brachystigma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It contains one species, Brachystigma wrightii. Its common name is Arizona desert foxglove.
Description Brachystigma wrightii has yellow tubular bell-shaped flowers, reddish-yellow flower buds and thin needle-like leaves.
Range It is native to Arizona and New Mexico in the southeastern United States, and to Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico.
Habitat The species grows on dry mountain slopes and often in oak chaparral.
Taxonomy The species was described as Gerardia wrightii by Asa Gray in 1859. In 1928 Francis Whittier Pennell placed the species in genus Brachystigma as B. wrightii.
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