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|accepted_name=Baccharis brachyphylla
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|place=5(6): 83. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|common_names=Shortleaf baccharis or false willow
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Baccharis;Baccharis brachyphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Baccharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Baccharis brachyphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 24
|treatment_page=page 27
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs, 20–100 cm (finely and densely branched from bases).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem coloration;stem size;stem shape;stem shape;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, green, slender and wandlike, striate-angled, glabrate proximally, hispidulous distally (near heads).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>present at flowering (reduced, sparse);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf presence;leaf architecture">sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;face pubescence">blades (1-nerved) linear to linear-lanceolate, 5–17 × 1–2 mm (reduced distally to subulate bracts), margins entire, apices acute, faces glabrous (sometimes minutely papillose).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="array architecture"><b>Heads </b>(on racemiform lateral branches) in paniculiform arrays.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties=""><b>Involucres </b>funnelform or campanulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre architecture;involucre some measurement;involucre architecture;involucre some measurement">staminate 3–5.2 mm, pistillate 4–6 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllarie shape;phyllarie some measurement;margin texture;median coloration;apex shape"><b>Phyllaries </b>lanceolate, 1–4 mm, margins scarious, medians green (hispid), apices acute to acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="floret architecture;floret atypical quantity;floret atypical quantity;floret quantity"><b>Staminate </b>florets (8–) 12–18 (–29);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="corolla some measurement">corollas 3.3–4.2 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="floret architecture;floret quantity"><b>Pistillate </b>florets 8–18;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="corolla some measurement">corollas 2–2.8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="cypsela some measurement;cypsela architecture;cypsela pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>1.5–2.5 mm, 5-nerved, hispid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pappus some measurement;2n chromosome quantity">pappi 4.5–7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Canyons, dry washes, sandy deserts, mesas
|elevation=300–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California);Mexico (Chihuahua);Mexico (Sonora)
|discussion=<p>Baccharis brachyphylla is characterized by the densely branching habit, narrow stems, and small, linear-lanceolate leaves, and hispidulous hairs on stems, leaves, phyllaries, and cypselae.</p>
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name=Baccharis brachyphylla
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Canyons, dry washes, sandy deserts, mesas
|elevation=300–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California);Mexico (Chihuahua);Mexico (Sonora)
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication year=1853
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Baccharis
|species=Baccharis brachyphylla
|2n chromosome quantity=18
|apex shape=acute;acuminate
|array architecture=paniculiform
|blade length=5mm;17mm
|blade shape=linear;linear-lanceolate
|blade width=1mm;2mm
|corolla some measurement=2mm;2.8mm
|cypsela architecture=5-nerved
|cypsela pubescence=hispid
|cypsela some measurement=1.5mm;2.5mm
|face pubescence=glabrous
|floret architecture=pistillate;staminate
|floret atypical quantity=18;29
|floret quantity=8;18
|involucre architecture=pistillate;staminate
|involucre shape=campanulate
|involucre some measurement=4mm;6mm
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf presence=absent
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin texture=scarious
|median coloration=green
|pappus some measurement=4.5mm;7mm
|phyllarie shape=lanceolate
|phyllarie some measurement=1mm;4mm
|stem coloration=green
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=hispidulous;glabrate
|stem shape=striate-angled;wand-like
|stem size=slender
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub;shrub
|whole_organism some measurement=20cm;100cm
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