Baccharis pteronioides

Baccharis pteronioides is a North American shrub in the aster family known by the common name Yerba de pasmo.[2] It is widespread in Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)[3][4][5] and also found in the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas).[6]

Baccharis pteronioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Baccharis
Species:
B. pteronioides
Binomial name
Baccharis pteronioides
Synonyms[1]
  • Baccharis ramulosa (DC.) A.Gray
  • Haplopappus ramulosus DC.
  • Linosyris ramulosa (DC.) A.Gray
  • Neomolina pteronioides (DC.) F.H.Hellw.

Baccharis pteronioides is a shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with thick, leathery leaves and many small flower heads. It grows in dry woodlands, grasslands, and canyons.[2]

References
  1. The Plant List Baccharis pteronioides DC.
  2. Flora of North America, Yerba de pasmo Baccharis pteronioides de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 410. 1836.
  3. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  4. Tropicos, specimen listing for Baccharis pteronioides DC.
  5. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F..
  6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map


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