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Prairie false willow

Baccharis texana

Also called Prairie Falsewillow, Prairie Baccharis

Prairie false willow
Photo: (c) Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New Mexico to Oklahoma and NE. Mexico

About

Baccharis texana is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name prairie baccharis or false willow. It is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas) and to the southern part of the Great Plains of the United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico).

Baccharis texana is a shrub or subshrub up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall, with narrow leaves and many small flower heads. It grows in grasslands, hillsides, and mesas.

Other Baccharis plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baccharis texana 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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