False Willow (Baccharis)
False Willow Genus Details
These shrubs, and sometimes small trees, grow to be 2-3 feet tall, with yellowish flowers. The leaves are narrow. They tend to grow in brackish marshes, in ditches and roadsides, wooded areas, or old fields.
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Saltwater False Willow (Baccharis angustifolia).
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Silverling (Baccharis glomeruliflora).
False Willow Allergy Info
Since this genus is within the same tribe as ragweed, and plants are both insect- as well as wind-pollinated, allergenicity is a potential concern.
False Willow Pollen Description
Baccharis pollen grains are oblate-spheroidal to prolate-spheroidal; the amb triangular, 3-4 lobate and 3-4 colporate. The sexine is generally thick, tectate, and has long spines. The intine is thin but slightly thickened below the apertures.
The grains are typically 20-30 micrometers in diameter.
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Baccharis halimifolia, single grain. Herb. MIN
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Baccharis halimifolia, multiple grains. Herb. MIN
Species in This Genus
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Moderate Allergen |
Severe Allergen |
Allergy Test Available
False Willow (Baccharis) is a genus of the ASTERACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
