Baccharis wrightii

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| image = Baccharis wrightii - Flickr - aspidoscelis (7).jpg

| status = {{TNCStatus}}

| status_system = TNC

| genus = Baccharis

| species = wrightii

| authority = A.Gray 1852 not Sch. Bip. 1856

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-115224 The Plant List, Baccharis wrightii A.Gray ]

| synonyms = *Baccharis squarrosa Kunth

  • Neomolina wrightii (A.Gray) F.H.Hellw.

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Baccharis wrightii is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Wright's baccharis or false willow.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066194 Flora of North America, Wright’s baccharis or false willow, Baccharis wrightii A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 101. 1852. ] It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2725677?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen listing for Baccharis wrightii A. Gray ] and the southwestern and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Baccharis%20wrightii.png 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.

Description

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.

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Category:Flora of Northern America

Category:Plants described in 1852

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