Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Rhizomatous, colonial, sparingly branched shrubs 2–12 dm, strongly canescent, or the stems often subglabrous; lvs oblanceolate or spatulate, entire or spinose-denticulate, mucronate, 2–7 cm × 3–25 mm; heads solitary or several, the disk 1–1.5 cm wide; invol bracts canescent, the outer ovate and somewhat spreading, the inner less hairy, more appressed, becoming shortly spine-tipped like those of the receptacle; rays ca 13, to 1 cm; 2n=28. Seacoast, especially in salt marshes; Va. to Fla., Tex., and Mex.; Bermuda. Mar.–Oct.