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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Baccharis halimifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baccharis halimifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-43-003:
Baccharis halimifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Groundsel-tree, Silverling, Consumption Weed, Sea Myrtle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_baha_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130128_162
January Spartanburg County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbangusti_halimi_stjoe
June Gulf County FL
Baccharis halimifolia is on the right (on left is B. angustifolia).
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Gill Newberry gn10_b_halimifolia_male
October
Male flowers (pictured) are less conspicuous than female flowers, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm071028_107
October Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Female flowers with tufts of silky pappus bristles about 1cm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm071028_109
October Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Involucres mostly in pedunculate glomerules; bracts imbricate, often purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_halimifolia_17
October
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_halimifolia_3
October
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_baccharis_halimifolia
October
The glomerules are grouped into terminal paniculiform inflorescences, per Weakley's Flora.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm061111_021
November York County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm061111_023
November York County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5736
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5736b
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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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.
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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.
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Gill Newberry gn12_b_halimifolia_br
December
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Baccharis halimifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Baccharis halimifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-43-003:
Baccharis halimifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
2043
Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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
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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen/Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellowish; pappus bristles whitish
Rays: Absent
Unisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p312
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p359
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p083
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p128
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p442
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p225
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p091
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p261
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p070
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p312