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|accepted_name=Baccharis brachyphylla
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|place=5(6): 83. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|common_names=Shortleaf baccharis or false willow
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Baccharis;Baccharis brachyphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Baccharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Baccharis brachyphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 24
|treatment_page=page 27
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs, 20–100 cm (finely and densely branched from bases). <b>Stems</b> erect, green, slender and wandlike, striate-angled, glabrate proximally, hispidulous distally (near heads). <b>Leaves</b> present at flowering (reduced, sparse); sessile; blades (1-nerved) linear to linear-lanceolate, 5–17 × 1–2 mm (reduced distally to subulate bracts), margins entire, apices acute, faces glabrous (sometimes minutely papillose). <b>Heads</b> (on racemiform lateral branches) in paniculiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> funnelform or campanulate; staminate 3–5.2 mm, pistillate 4–6 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> lanceolate, 1–4 mm, margins scarious, medians green (hispid), apices acute to acuminate. <b>Staminate</b> florets (8–)12–18(–29); corollas 3.3–4.2 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> florets 8–18; corollas 2–2.8 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1.5–2.5 mm, 5-nerved, hispid; pappi 4.5–7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Canyons, dry washes, sandy deserts, mesas
|elevation=300–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Chihuahua;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Baccharis brachyphylla</i> is characterized by the densely branching habit, narrow stems, and small, linear-lanceolate leaves, and hispidulous hairs on stems, leaves, phyllaries, and cypselae.</p>
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name=Baccharis brachyphylla
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Canyons, dry washes, sandy deserts, mesas
|elevation=300–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Chihuahua;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication year=1853
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_11.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Baccharis
|species=Baccharis brachyphylla
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