Brickellia atractyloides is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name spearleaf brickellbush.

[2] It is native to the desert regions of the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California).

[3][4] Brickellia atractyloides is a shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall.

It produces many small flower heads with cream-colored or pale green disc florets but no ray florets.

[5] Flora of North America[5] lists a third variety, var.