Emory's baccharis Asteraceae Baccharis emoryi

Leaf:Simple, alternate, persistent, 1/2 to 2 inches long, obovate to oblanceolate, gray-green and NOT gland-dotted (distinguishes from B. salicina), thick and waxy, margins entire near the base but sparsely and coarsely toothed above, or with up to 3 irregular lobes.
Flower:Species is dioecious, female flowers white, male flowers yellow; small but profuse and borne in small upright clusters; present August-December.
Fruit:Tufted achenes (similar to thistles), tiny, light, and wind-borne.
Twig:Young twigs are slender, brown, glabrous, and finely ribbed; older twigs gray-brown, ribbed, and roughened by leaf scars; resinous.
Bark:Gray-brown and rough.
Form:An evergreen shrub 10 feet.

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