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saltmarsh baccharis

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

Distribution
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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
B. pilularis, B. salicifolia
Synonyms Baccharis douglasii
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