mule fat

Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia

Member of mule fat (Baccharis salicifolia)
subgenus molina (subgenus Molina)
genus Baccharis
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
cream, other colors in flowering plants

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• 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

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Chris’s observations: 4 (all are research grade)

Locations:

• Henry Coe SP: 2
• Santa Teresa CP: 2

Months:

• Mar.: 1
• Apr.: 1
• May: 2

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora