NameThatPlant.net: Baccharis angustifolia

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

The leaves of Saltwater False-willow are very narrow, dark green and shiny, to about 1-1.5" long but barely 1/4" wide. B. halimifolia has much wider, pale glaucous blue-green leaves... Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baccharis angustifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Baccharis angustifolia

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

Baccharis angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-43-001:

Baccharis angustifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Baccharis angustifolia

COMMON NAME:
Saltwater False-willow, False Saltwater Willow

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image of Baccharis angustifolia, Saltwater False-willow, False Saltwater Willow

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_baan_002_lvd

Patrick D. McMillan pdmbangusti_halimi_stjoe

June Gulf County FL

Baccharis angustifolia (on the left) has linear entire leaves, 1-3mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baccharis angustifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-43-001:
Baccharis angustifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

2402

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Interdune swales, wet hammocks, marsh edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in NC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene

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