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Douglas' falsewillow, marsh baccharis, salt marsh baccharis

Havard's false willow

Habit Perennials, 60–210 cm (rhizoma-tous, forming colonies). Subshrubs, 15–70 cm (much branched from bases).
Stems

erect to ascending, striate, glabrous, gland-dotted, resinous.

erect (green to tan), slender, striate-angled, glabrous, resinous.

Leaves

present at flowering; short-petiolate;

blades (1- or 3-nerved, larger prominently 3-nerved) lanceolate, 50–130 × 8–30 mm, bases tapered to petioles, margins entire or finely dentate, apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous, black gland-dotted.

present at flowering; short-petiolate;

blades (1-nerved) narrowly spatulate to linear, 20–40 × 2–3 mm, reduced to bracts distally, bases attenuate, margins entire or toothed (teeth to 2 mm), faces glabrous, gland-dotted, resinous.

Involucres

hemispheric; staminate 3.5–5 mm, pistillate 3.8–4.8(–6) mm.

cylindro-campanulate; staminate 3 mm, pistillate 4–4.5 mm.

Pistillate florets

80–150;

corollas 1.7–3 mm.

15–20;

corollas 3 mm.

Staminate florets

26–40;

corollas 3.5–4 mm.

12–15;

corollas 3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

narrowly lanceolate, 2–4 mm, inner series ± equal, margins yellowish, medians green to purplish, apices acuminate, erose or ciliate, faces glabrous, gland-dotted, resinous.

lanceolate, 1–4 mm, margins scarious, medians green or brownish, apices obtuse to acuminate (thickened, slightly erose and ciliate).

Heads

in dense, terminal, flat-topped, corymbiform arrays.

in broad paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

0.6–1.5 mm, 5-nerved, glandular, hispidulous distally;

pappi 2.6–4(–7) mm.

2–2.5 mm, 5-nerved, glabrous;

pappi 4 mm.

2n

= 18.

Baccharis glutinosa

Baccharis havardii

Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct (all year). Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Moist salt marshes, coastal strands, stream edges, hillsides, railroads Dry rocky hillsides, open ground, calcareous gravels
Elevation 0–1200 m (0–3900 ft) 1500–2300 m (4900–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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Discussion

Occurring along the coast and in interior valleys, Baccharis glutinosa is recognized by the erect, simple stems growing in patches from rhizomes, large lanceolate leaves with three veins and blackish glandular dots, heads in dense, compact, terminal, corymbiform arrays and more or less uniform inner phyllaries. G. L. Nesom (1990h) noted that it is similar to forms of the South American species Baccharis pingraea de Candolle, and that the two taxa may be conspecific.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Found mainly in the Chisos and Davis Mountains of West Texas, Baccharis havardii is distinguished by its short bushy habit, narrow leaves with elongate teeth, and 5-nerved cypselae. G. L. Nesom (pers. comm.) suggested that it is weakly defined and further investigation may demonstrate it should be included in the Mexican species B. sulcata de Candolle (which name would have priority over B. havardii).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 27. FNA vol. 20, p. 28.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Baccharis Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Baccharis
Sibling taxa
B. angustifolia, B. bigelovii, B. brachyphylla, B. dioica, B. glomeruliflora, B. halimifolia, B. havardii, B. malibuensis, B. neglecta, B. pilularis, B. plummerae, B. pteronioides, B. salicifolia, B. salicina, B. sarothroides, B. sergiloides, B. texana, B. thesioides, B. vanessae, B. wrightii
B. angustifolia, B. bigelovii, B. brachyphylla, B. dioica, B. glomeruliflora, B. glutinosa, B. halimifolia, B. malibuensis, B. neglecta, B. pilularis, B. plummerae, B. pteronioides, B. salicifolia, B. salicina, B. sarothroides, B. sergiloides, B. texana, B. thesioides, B. vanessae, B. wrightii
Synonyms B. douglasii
Name authority Persoon: Sym. Pl. 2: 425. (1807) A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 224. (1884)
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