Baccharis pilularis

Coyote brush

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Coyote brush is a California native shrub found throughout coastal and inner coastal ranges, central western California, and Sierra Nevada foothills in chaparral, coastal scrub, and grassland habitats. Flowering from August to November, this plant produces white to cream-colored flowers in small clustered heads. Growing up to 4.5 meters tall with multiple spreading, erect, or ascending dark brown branches that are generally sticky, it forms diverse growth habits from prostrate mat-like formations to rounded, upright shrubs. Its leaves are oblanceolate to obovate, 5 to 40 millimeters long, entire or slightly toothed, with three main veins and gland-dotted surfaces. The fruit is small, approximately 1 to 2 millimeters long with 8 to 10 subtle ribs.

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