Baccharis glutinosa

Marsh baccharis, Marsh Baccharis

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Marsh baccharis is a California native perennial found in coastal regions including northern California coast, western Klamath Ranges, central western California, and southwestern California in coastal freshwater and saltwater marshes at elevations below 1,200 meters. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces white flowers in rounded to flat-topped clusters with small heads. Growing to nearly 2 meters tall with erect or ascending stems that are sticky and resin-gland-dotted, it emerges from an underground rhizome. Its lanceolate leaves are short-petioled, up to 130 millimeters long and 8 to 30 millimeters wide, with three main veins and gland-dotted surfaces. The fruits are small, approximately 0.6 to 1.5 millimeters long with five ribs and hairy tips.

Habitat: Coastal freshwater and saltwater marshes, streambanks

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: < 1200 m

Bioregions: NCo, w KR, NCoRI, NCoRO, CaRF, SNF, GV, CW, SW

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.