Wildflowers of Tucson, Arizona
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Baccharis sarothroides - Desertbroom (Desert Broom) Baccharis sarothroides - Desertbroom (Desert Broom)
Scientific Name: Baccharis sarothroides
Common Name: Desertbroom, Desert Broom
Flower Color: Dark cream to white
Plant Type: Shrub, Perennial
Height: To 10 feet (3 m) tall, but usually less
Date Observed: November 4, 2003 & November 13, 2004
Notes: The females of these native, dioecious, desert plants produce abundant, white, downy seeds that cover the plants in large, cottony masses and drift in the wind like snow. The leaves are green, thick, sessile, and very narrowly linear-oblanceolate.
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