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Poverty Weed

Baccharis neglecta

Other common name(s):

Roosevelt Weed, False Willow, Jara Dulce

Family:

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Plant Ecoregion Distribution Map

Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, Southern Texas Plains, Texas Blackland Prairies
Carbonate Cross Timbers, Limestone Cut Plain
Southern Post Oak Savanna
Balcones Canyonlands, Edwards Plateau Woodland, Llano Uplift
Coastal Sand Plain, Floodplains and Low Terraces4, Laguna Madre Barrier Island and Coastal Marshes, Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies, Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies, Texas-Louisiana Coastal Marshes
Northern Nueces Alluvial Plains, Rio Grande Floodplain and Terraces, Semiarid Edwards Bajada, Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
Floodplains and Low Terraces1, Northern Blackland Prairie

Plant Characteristics

Growth Form

Shrub

Height

6
to
8
ft.

Spread

4
to
8
ft.

Leaf Retention

Evergreen

Lifespan

Perennial

Habitat and Care Requirements

Soil Type(s)

Sand, Loam

Light Requirement

Sun, Part Shade

Water Requirement

Low

Native Habitat

Grassland

Bloom and Attraction

Bloom Color

White, Pink

Bloom Season

Summer, Fall

Seasonal Interest

Nectar

Wildlife Benefit

Butterflies, Bees

Maintenance

Abundant in fields out of cultivation and on disturbed ground, also in unshaded, low places. Give lots of room to spread. Thin plants to control if needed. Poor drainage OK.

Comments

Blooms August-November. Tall shrub with partly evergreen, very narrow leaves. Dioecious (separate male and female plants). Female flowers inconspicuous, silky, in small, greenish white heads which appear to be individual flowers, that are arranged in large clusters. Fruit, minute, about 1/16 inch long, borne on the wind by a tuft of hairs. Very important fall nectar source for pollinators of all species.

References

1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=BANE2, 3) https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Baccharis+neglecta&formsubmit=Search+Terms. 4) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=2261&locationType=County&mapType=Normal. 5) Wasowski and Wasowski, Native Texas Plants Landscaping Region by Region, 1991, pg. 232. 6 https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=35692#null

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