| Baccharis sarothroides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Baccharis |
| Species: | B. sarothroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Baccharis sarothroides | |
Baccharis sarothroides is a North American species of flowering shrub known by the common names broom baccharis, desertbroom,[1][2] greasewood,[1] rosin-bush[1] and groundsel[1] in English and "escoba amarga" or "romerillo" in Spanish. This is a spreading, woody shrub usually sticky with glandular secretions along the primarily leafless green stems. The small, thick leaves are a few centimeters long and are absent much of the year, giving the shrub a spindly, twiggy appearance. It flowers abundantly with tiny green blooms on separate male and female plants.[1]
Native to the Sonoran Desert of northwestern Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora) and the Southwestern United States (southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas), it is common in gravelly dry soils and disturbed areas.[3][1]
- ^ a b c d e f "Baccharis sarothroides A. Gray". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Calflora taxon report, Baccharis sarothroides A. Gray, broom baccharis, desertbroom baccharis
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map