Baccharis salicifolia (Mule Fat)

3/24/17 Arroyo Seco Creek, Dripping Springs Trail, Agua Tibia Wilderness,

Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mule Fat

SPECIES: Baccharis salicifolia

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/24/17

LOCATION: Arroyo Seco Creek, Dripping Springs Trail, Agua Tibia Wilderness, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

Native

Habit: Shrub < 4 m, glabrous to minutely hairy, often sticky. 

Stem: 1--few, often clustered; branches few, spreading or ascending.

 Leaf: sessile or weakly petioled; blade < 150 mm, 3--20 mm wide, lance-elliptic, entire or serrate from base to tip, resin gland-dotted, sticky; main veins 1--3. 

Inflorescence: heads in terminal flat-topped or pyramidal panicle-like cluster in summer--fall-flowering pls, in smaller lateral clusters in spring-flowering plants; involucre hemispheric; phyllaries 2--4 mm, awl-shaped to lanceolate, irregularly toothed, green or +- red-tinged, tips obtuse to long-tapered. 

Staminate Flower: (10)17--48; corolla 4--6 mm, pappus 3--4 mm. 

Pistillate Flower: 50--150; corolla 2--3.5 mm. 

Fruit: 0.8--1.3 mm, glabrous; ribs 5; pappus 3--6 mm. 

Ecology: Riparian woodland, canyon bottoms, disturbed sites, often forming thickets; 

Elevation: -30--2400 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaRF, SNF, s SNH, Teh, GV, CW, SW, D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Colorado, Texas, Mexico, South America. 

Flowering Time: All year 

Note: Summer--fall-flowering forms (inflorescence terminal, leaves mostly toothed) formerly separated from winter--spring-flowering forms (inflorescence lateral, leaves +- entire). 

Synonyms: Baccharis glutinosa Pers., misappl.

Jepson eFlora Author: David Bogler