Baccharis sergiloides

A. Gray in W. H. Emory

in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 83. 1859.

Common names: Desert baccharis squaw false willow
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 33. Mentioned on page 25.

Shrubs, 50–200 cm (freely branched, broomlike). Stems erect, fastigiate, striate-angular, green, glabrous, resinous. Leaves cauline (proximal withering and sparse by flowering); sessile; blades (1-nerved) broadly oblanceolate to obovate or spatulate, 10–35 × 5–15 mm (thick, firm), bases attenuate, margins entire or irregularly serrate (teeth 1–4, distal leaves entire), apices obtuse to acute, faces glabrous, gland-dotted, resinous. Heads (sessile or short-pedunculate on lateral branches) in crowded paniculiform arrays. Involucres funnelform to campanulate; staminate 3–5 mm, pistillate 3–5 mm. Phyllaries ovate to linear-lanceolate, 1–5 mm, margins scarious, erose, medians green, apices rounded to acute, glabrous, gland-dotted, resinous. Staminate florets 24–33; corollas 2–3.5 mm. Pistillate florets 15–30; corollas 1.6–2.7 mm. Cypselae 1–2 mm, prominently 10-nerved, glabrous; pappi 1.7–3.1 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Gravelly or sandy streambeds, dry washes, grasslands
Elevation: 100–1800 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah, Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Baccharis sergiloides is recognized by its fastigiate, broomlike habit, and large obovate leaves that often wither before flowering. It differs from B. sarothroides in its larger leaves, more or less sessile and lateral heads, and smaller florets and fruits.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Baccharis sergiloides"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
resinous +
gland-dotted +
distinct +
rounded;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Scott D. Sundberg† +  and David J. Bogler +
A. Gray in W. H. Emory +
attenuate +
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
broadly oblanceolate;obovate or spatulate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Desert baccharis +  and squaw false willow +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
whitish +, white +  and pale-yellow +
filiform-tubular +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, obovoid +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Utah +, Mexico (Baja California) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
100–1800 m +
resinous +
gland-dotted +
pistillate +  and staminate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Gravelly or sandy streambeds, dry washes, grasslands +
racemiform +, corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
pistillate +  and staminate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
spreading-reflexed;spreading-reflexed +
less deltate +  and lanceovate +
serrate +  and entire +
hispid +  and glabrous +
2-carpellate +
brownish +, whitish +  and tawny +
persistent +
25 +  and 50 +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
ovate +  and linear-lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;tholiform;conic;tholiform;flat +
exalbuminous +
1 (?) +  and 20 (?) +
resinous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Compositae +
Baccharis sergiloides +
Baccharis +
species +