genus Baccharis

Member of sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis

coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis

leaf blade 5–40 mm long, 2–15 mm wide, obovate or oblanceolate, gland-dotted [but unknown stickiness]
very common
hosts baccharis galls

marsh baccharis
Baccharis glutinosa

marsh baccharis
Baccharis glutinosa

leaf blades linear, lanceolate, elliptic, oblong to narrowly oblanceolate
leaf blade < 130 mm long, 8–30 mm wide, lanceolate, lance-elliptic or oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, faces generally sticky
perennial herb, forming large colonies
heads in dense, compact, terminal rounded to ± flat-topped clusters
common

mule fat
Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia

mule fat
Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia

leaf blades linear, lanceolate, elliptic, oblong to narrowly oblanceolate
leaf blade < 150 mm, 3–20 mm wide, lanceolate, lance-elliptic or oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, faces generally sticky
shrub, not forming colonies
heads in terminal flat-topped or pyramidal panicle-like clusters in summer–fall-flowering plants, in smaller lateral clusters in spring-flowering plants
scattered

4 observed taxons / 2 keys

Chris’s observations: 69 (58 are research grade)

Locations:

Months:

Jan.: 8
Feb.: 3
Mar.: 2
Apr.: 1
May: 2
Jun.: 1
Jul.: 2
Aug.: 7
Sep.: 6
Oct.: 10
Nov.: 19
Dec.: 8

For more details, use advanced search.

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora