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Baccharis plummerae subsp. glabrata
Photo is of parent taxon

San Simeon baccharis, San Simeon or smooth baccharis, smooth baccharis
Habit Plants 60–80 cm.
Stems

glabrate, glandular.
Leaves

linear to narrowly oblanceolate (principal 1- or 3-nerved), 8–35 × 1–2(–3) mm, margins entire or sharply serrate.

Baccharis plummerae subsp. glabrata
Phenology Flowering Jun–Nov.
Habitat Rocky slopes near beaches, sea bluffs, serpentine rock outcrops, chaparral, brushy canyons, woodlands
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Known only from coastal scrub in the Santa Lucia Range, northwestern San Luis Obispo County, subsp. glabrata is generally reduced in most characters than subsp. plummerae, with smaller heads and fewer florets (R. M. Beauchamp and J. Henrickson 1995).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 31.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Baccharis > Baccharis plummerae
Sibling taxa
B. plummerae subsp. plummerae
Name authority Hoover: Vasc. Pl. San Luis Obispo Co., 302. (1970)
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