Baccharis dioica

Baccharis dioica is a North American species of shrubs in the aster family known by the common name broombush falsewillow.[2] It is native to Florida, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Virgin Islands, Montserrat).[3][4][5]

Baccharis dioica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Baccharis
Species:
B. dioica
Binomial name
Baccharis dioica
Synonyms[1]
  • Baccharis rohriana Spreng.
  • Baccharis vahlii DC.

Baccharis dioica is a shrub sometimes as much as 300 cm (10 feet) tall. It grows in hammocks, on dunes, and in mangrove swamps.[2]

References
  1. The Plant List, Baccharis dioica Vahl
  2. Flora of North America, Broombush falsewillow, Baccharis dioica Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 98. 1794.
  3. Tropicos, Baccharis dioica Vahl
  4. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326.
  5. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


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