Baccharis L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 120

11. Baccharis L. 2

Dioecious shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple. Capitula in panicles. Involucral bracts in many rows, more or less coriaceous. Receptacle flat or convex, without scales. Florets yellow, all tubular, the female very slender. Achenes ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, 10-ribbed; pappus of numerous slender setae.