Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Baccharis neglecta
Baccharis neglecta Britton
False Willow, Jara Dulce, Poverty Weed, Roosevelt Weed
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: BANE2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Baccharis neglecta
Poverty Weed
Asteraceae
Location: Hwy 16, about 9 km NW of Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Along fence separating road side grade and fields. Soils typical Hill Country: Rocky, stoney, calcarious.
Description: Open, tall bush, to 2.7 m tall. Leaves narrowly linear to narrowly eliptic, and sessile on striate branches. Masses of long silvery and silky white pappus hairs produced by female flowers. Achene 8-10 ribbed.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Nov 6, 1994
Specimen number: 141
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0987
Accession Date: Nov 23, 1994
Accession Number: 77
Annotations: D-FXB Dioecious/Pistillate (In fruit)