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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baccharis halimifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baccharis halimifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Baccharis halimifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Baccharis halimifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-43-003:

Baccharis halimifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Baccharis halimifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle


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image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_baha_001_lvd

        

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm130128_162

January    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves wedge-shaped, glaucous, pale green, with scattered teeth toward the apex, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbangusti_halimi_stjoe

June    Gulf County    FL

Baccharis halimifolia is on the right (on left is B. angustifolia).

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

Gill Newberry    gn10_b_halimifolia_male

October        

Male flowers [pictured here] are less conspicuous than female flowers, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm071028_109

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_b_halimifolia_3

October        

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_baccharis_halimifolia

October        

The glomerules are grouped into terminal paniculiform inflorescences, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm061111_017

November    York County    SC

Field

One of the few woody members of the Aster family occurring in NC, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm061111_023

November    York County    SC

Field

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm181110_5736

November    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm181110_5736b

November    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm231104_6493

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm231104_6495

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Involucres mostly in pedunculate glomerules; bracts imbricate, often purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

JK Marlow    jkm231104_6496

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Female flowers with tufts of silky pappus bristles about 1cm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

Roxanna Martin    rlm11710_wr_14

November    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves egg-shaped, usually coarsely toothed, but upper ones sometimes entire, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

Roxanna Martin    rlm11710_wr_28

November    Spartanburg County    SC

Bristles become quite conspicuous as the tiny fruits at their bases mature, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Baccharis halimifolia, Silverling, Groundsel-tree, Consumption-weed, Sea-myrtle

Gill Newberry    gn12_b_halimifolia_br

December        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Baccharis halimifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baccharis halimifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Baccharis halimifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Baccharis halimifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-43-003:
Baccharis halimifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Baccharis halimifolia

 

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Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Fresh and brackish marshes, marsh borders, hammocks, moist abused land, roadsides, ditches, old fields, and a wide variety of disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen/Tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellowish; pappus bristles whitish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene

 

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