Baccharis angustifolia Michx.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A branching shrub, 2.5 m. high or less, the foliage resinous. Leaves mostly linear, sessile, 1-8 cm. long, entire, or the lower denticulate; heads numerous, glomerate in peduncled clusters, or solitary; involucre of the staminate heads campanulate, about 2.5 mm. high, that of the pistillate ones oblong, 4-5 mm. high, its bracts ovate to lanceolate, obtuse or acutish; achenes about 1 mm. long; pappus white, twice as long as the involucre.
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Distribution
Borders of marshes, Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence : southeastern United States. Narrow-leaved Groundsel-bush.
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