Baccharis wrightii
| Baccharis wrightii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Baccharis |
| Species: | B. wrightii |
| Binomial name | |
| Baccharis wrightii A.Gray 1852 not Sch. Bip. 1856 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Baccharis wrightii is a North American species of shrubs in the aster family known by the common name Wright’s baccharis or false willow.[2] It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)[2][3] and the southwestern and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah).[4][5]
Baccharis wrightii is a shrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, the branches woody only at the bases. Flowering heads are usually borne one at a time on the ends of branches. The species grows on dry, sandy plains.[2]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Baccharis wrightii A.Gray
- 1 2 3 Flora of North America, Wright’s baccharis or false willow, Baccharis wrightii A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 101. 1852.
- ↑ Tropicos, specimen listing for Baccharis wrightii A. Gray
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
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