Baccharis glutinosa |
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saltmarsh baccharis |
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Habit | Herbs deciduous. |
Stems | erect to ascending, striate, glabrous; gland-dotted, resinous. |
Leaves | blades lanceolate, 50–130 × 8–30 mm, bases tapered to petioles; margins entire or finely dentate, 1- or 3-veined; larger prominently 3-veined; tips acute to acuminate; surfaces glabrous; black gland-dotted; short-petiolate. |
Inflorescences | dense; terminal; flat-topped; corymb-like arrays. |
Involucres | hemispheric; of staminate heads 3.5–5 mm; of pistillate heads 3.8–4.8(6) mm. |
Pistillate florets | 80–150; corollas 1.7–3 mm. |
Staminate florets | 26–40; corollas 3.5–4 mm. |
Phyllaries | narrowly lanceolate, 2–4 mm; inner series ~ equal; margins yellowish; medians green to purplish; tips acuminate. |
Fruits | 0.6–1.5 mm, 5-veined, glandular, hispidulous distally; pappi 2.6–4(7) mm. |
6–21 dm, forming colonies; rhizomatous. | |
Baccharis glutinosa |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Moist salt marshes, coastal strands, stream edges, hillsides, railroads. Flowering Jul–Oct. 0–200 m. Est, Sisk. CA; south to Mexico. Native. The name B. douglasii has previously been misapplied to this taxon. Baccharis douglasii occurs only in South America. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 197 Scott Sundberg |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Baccharis douglasii |
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