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Shortleaf baccharis

Baccharis brachyphylla

Also called Short Leaved Baccharis

Shortleaf baccharis
Photo: Tasha La Doux, NPS, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. & SC. U.S.A. to NW. Mexico

About

Baccharis brachyphylla is a North American species of shrub in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name shortleaf baccharis or false willow. It is native to the southwestern United States (southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas) and northern Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Sonora). It grows in desert habitats such as arroyos and canyons.

This is a shrub producing erect, branching green stems up to a meter tall. The leaves are linear or thinly lance-shaped and less than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long. The inflorescence is a wide array of flower heads. A dioecious species, the male and female plants produce different flower types which are similar in appearance. The flowers and foliage are glandular.

Other Baccharis plants

Baccharis acutata · Baccharis alaternoides · Baccharis albida · Saltwater false willow · Baccharis arbutifolia · Baccharis aretioides · Baccharis articulata · Bigelow's false willow · Broombush false willow · Baccharis dracunculifolia · Baccharis eggersii · Baccharis fusca

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baccharis brachyphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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