OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

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

Baccharis halimifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

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


 

 

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

 

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2043

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)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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