Baccharis dioica Vahl
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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 - Glabrous, branched, 2 m. high or less, shrubby, somewhat glutinous, the twigs striate, densely leafy, sometimes granular. Leaves obovate or cuneateobovate, 24 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, obtuse or subtruncate and mucronulate at the apex, narrowed at the base into short petioles, the midvein rather prominent, the lateral venation obscure; heads clustered at the ends of the twigs: involucre 4-7 mm. high, its bracts oblong, imbricated in 4 or 5 series; pappus of the pistillate heads about as long as the corollas; achenes 10-ribbed, glabrous.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands and coppices, Great Bahama, Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Inagua : Florida ; Cuba ; Hispaniola ; St. Croix ; Montserrat ; Jamaica. Vahl's Groundsel-bush. Broom-bush.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Montserrat South America| Jamaica South America|