Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Western Wetland Flora
Field Office Guide to Plant Species Baccharis glutinosa Pers. -
Family: Composite (Compositae) - Flowering: April-October -
Field Marks: This shrub differs from other species in the genus
by its linear-lanceolate, toothed leaves and its terminal
panicles of yellowish flower heads that contain only disk
flowers. - Habitat: Along streams and other waterways,
particularly in the desert. - Habit: Shrub, woody at least at
the base, up to 10 feet tall. - Stems: Upright, smooth,
unbranched below, branched above. - Leaves: Alternate, simple,
linear-lanceolate, up to 6 inches long, up to 1 inch wide,
pointed at the tip, tapering to the base, without hairs but
sticky, usually toothed; leaf stalks up to 1/3 inch long. -
Flowers: Many crowded into heads, the male heads separate from
the female heads and on separate plants, both types forming
terminal panicles; heads containing only disk flowers, subtended
by ovate to lance-ovate bracts up to 1/6 inch long. -