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Shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits
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baccharis
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Baccharis 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 ...
Usage examples of baccharis.
I found a purple form of Marah macrocarpus, a variant of Lonicera subspicata with scarlet flowers, and the strangest-looking Baccharis glutinosa I'd ever encountered.
He recognized it by the clump of palms and mesquite in the wash before reaching the spring, some clumps of baccharis, clusters of small twigs rising two to three feet.