Borrichia arborescens (L.) DC.
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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, 1.3 m. high or less, densely white silky-canescent, or green and glabrous. Leaves fleshy, oblanceolate to spatulate, entire, 6 cm. long or less, 6-15 mm. wide, acute or obtuse and cuspidate at the apex, narrowed to the base, sessile, obscurely veined; heads mostly solitary, rarely 2 together; peduncle 2-5 cm. long; involucre 1-1.5 cm. high, its bracts obtuse, or acute, appressed; rays few, 6-9 mm. long.
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Discussion
Coastal rocks and sands and margins of brackish ponds throughout the archipelago : Florida; Bermuda: Jamaica; Cuba to Anegada and Guadeloupe; Yucatan. Foliage either white-canescent or green and glabrous, sometimes on the same plant. Bat Marigold. Sea Ox-eye. Sea-bush. Catesby, 1 : pi. 93.
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Distribution
Coastal rocks and sands and margins of brackish ponds throughout the archipelago : Florida; Bermuda: Jamaica; Cuba to Anegada and Guadeloupe; Yucatan.
Florida United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America| Guadeloupe South America| Yucatán Mexico North America|