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Coyote Brush (Baccharis
pilularis) Very common in dry areas, often growing to five or six feet tall, these plants seem to dominate the landscape in the fall and winter when they are covered with white flowers and dandelion-like seed balls. In the late spring and summer, however, they are the most common shrub you won’t notice much, their small leaves blending into the chaparral background. Coyote Brush is a bushy shrub with lots of brittle, woody stems. The smallish leaves, while abundant, don’t cover the woody stem system.
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Field ID Tips · Leaves under 1” long, clustered along stem, bumpy edges toward the end. · White fluffy flowers and seeds prominent October to January. · Male flower on separate bushes. · KJ points out that these plants emit a distinctive odor – check it out.
Leaves less than 1” long
Cream-colored male flowers
Silky white female flowers
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Leaves and flowers congregate at the end of brittle woody stems.
Coyote brush is very common in dry environments without much tree cover.
Female bushes generate eye-catching flowers and seed pods in late fall and early winter. |
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