Baccharis texana is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name prairie baccharis or false willow. It is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas) and to the southern part of the Great Plains of the United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Prairie Falsewillow being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Baccharis darwinii
- Baccharis ulicina
- Brickellia leptophylla
- Brickellia rosmarinifolia
- Baccharis malibuensis
- Medranoa palmeri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Baccharis
- Species
- Baccharis texana
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