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Baccharis (bakkharis, an ancient Greek name for different shrubs). Compositae. Groundsel Tree. Ornamental plants, chiefly grown for the showy white pappus of the fruit; some species also for their evergreen foliage.
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Shrubby or suffruticose: lvs. alternate, usually serrate, glabrous, deciduous or evergreen: heads of fls. small, white or yellowish, dioecious, in panicles or corymbs; involucre with many imbricate scales; receptacle flat, naked; pistillate fls. with filiform corolla: achenes compressed, ribbed, with pappus.—More than 250 species in Amer., chiefly in S. Amer.
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Baccharis halimifolia and B. salicina are hardy North, while the evergreen species are more tender. They grow in almost any well-drained soil in a sunny position, and are well adapted for dry and rocky slopes, and valuable for seashore planting. Propagation is by seeds, or by cuttings under glass.
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