species 294 observations
Prairie Falsewillow
Baccharis texana
Field notes
Baccharis texana is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name prairie baccharis or false willow. It is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas) and to the southern part of the Great Plains of the United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico).
Baccharis texana is a shrub or subshrub up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall, with narrow leaves and many small flower heads. It grows in grasslands, hillsides, and mesas.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Fatal Metalmark, Salt Marsh Moth
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee, Nevada Nomia, Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
6
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Bumelia Borer, Neolasioptera lathami, Groundselbush Beetle
3
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Great Golden Digger Wasp, Figeater Beetle, Sphex lucae
3
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Gray Hairstreak, Glorious Protoxaea, Monarch, American Snout
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.