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Baccharis
Baccharis /ˈbækərɪs/ is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the aster family (Asteraceae). They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are not at all related to these however, but belong to an entirely different lineage of eudicots. B. halimifolia is commonly known as "groundsel bush", however true groundsels are found in the genus Senecio.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Baccharis
subgenusBaccharis

Molina
subgenusMolina

Baccharis trimera
speciesBaccharis trimera

Chilean little rosemary
speciesBaccharis linearis

Baccharis dracunculifolia
speciesBaccharis dracunculifolia

Christmas Bush
speciesBaccharis magellanica

Baccharis macrantha
speciesBaccharis macrantha

Baccharis linearifolia
speciesBaccharis linearifolia

Coridifoliae
subgenusCoridifoliae

Heterothalamus
subgenusHeterothalamus

Baccharis vernalis
speciesBaccharis vernalis

Baccharis papillosa
speciesBaccharis papillosa

Baccharis rhomboidalis
speciesBaccharis rhomboidalis

Tarchonanthoides
subgenusTarchonanthoides

Baccharis microdonta
speciesBaccharis microdonta

Baccharis uncinella
speciesBaccharis uncinella

Baccharis macraei
speciesBaccharis macraei

Baccharis flabellata
speciesBaccharis flabellata

Baccharis subalata
speciesBaccharis subalata

Baccharis concava
speciesBaccharis concava

Oblongifoliae
subgenusOblongifoliae

Baccharis neaei
speciesBaccharis neaei

Baccharis calvescens
speciesBaccharis calvescens

Baccharis platypoda
speciesBaccharis platypoda

Baccharis obovata
speciesBaccharis obovata

Baccharis retusa
speciesBaccharis retusa

Baccharis genistifolia
speciesBaccharis genistifolia

Baccharis phyteumoides
speciesBaccharis phyteumoides

Baccharis caprariifolia
speciesBaccharis caprariifolia

Baccharis longiattenuata
speciesBaccharis longiattenuata

Baccharis cultrata
speciesBaccharis cultrata

Baccharis penningtonii
speciesBaccharis penningtonii

Baccharis junciformis
speciesBaccharis junciformis

Baccharis montana
speciesBaccharis montana

Baccharis milleflora
speciesBaccharis milleflora

Baccharis lancifolia
speciesBaccharis lancifolia

Baccharis itatiaiae
speciesBaccharis itatiaiae

Baccharis tridentata
speciesBaccharis tridentata

Baccharis sessiliflora
speciesBaccharis sessiliflora

Baccharis cognata
speciesBaccharis cognata

Baccharis intermedia
speciesBaccharis intermedia

Baccharis megapotamica
speciesBaccharis megapotamica

Baccharis subtropicalis
speciesBaccharis subtropicalis

Baccharis pulchella
speciesBaccharis pulchella

Baccharis subdentata
speciesBaccharis subdentata

Baccharis reticularia
speciesBaccharis reticularia

Baccharis alaternoides
speciesBaccharis alaternoides

Baccharis zoellneri
speciesBaccharis zoellneri

Baccharis erioclada
speciesBaccharis erioclada

Baccharis cinerea
speciesBaccharis cinerea

Baccharis buchtienii
speciesBaccharis buchtienii

Baccharis rectialata
speciesBaccharis rectialata

Baccharis glaziovii
speciesBaccharis glaziovii

Baccharis selloi
speciesBaccharis selloi

Baccharis semiserrata
speciesBaccharis semiserrata

Baccharis poeppigiana
speciesBaccharis poeppigiana

Baccharis pedersenii
speciesBaccharis pedersenii

Baccharis reticulata
speciesBaccharis reticulata

Baccharis chilco
speciesBaccharis chilco

Baccharis intermixta
speciesBaccharis intermixta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.519

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.534

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.491

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.905

History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.397

Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.263

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.230
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52111.