Baccharis neglecta (also known as false willow, jara dulce, poverty weed, New Deal weed, and Roosevelt weedLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas) is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas) and the south-western and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas).United States Department of Agriculture plants profileBiota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Baccharis neglecta is a shrub occasionally reaching a height of . The narrow, evergreen leaves are up to long. Male and female flowers grow separate plants. Females are distinctive in that the flowers consist of small silky, greenish white heads. The plants are arranged in large clusters up to or more long and wide. Silky plumes start blooming in October and November.Flora of North America, Roosevelt or New Deal weed, linear-leaved false willow, Baccharis neglecta Britton in N. L. Britton and A. Brown
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External links Texas A&M University, Texas Native Plants, Roosevelt Weed, Poverty Weed, False-willow, New Deal Weed, Jara Dulce Baccharis neglecta Excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter