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. Can increase fire potential in rangelands. Propagation: Seed.
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. Pollination: Butterflies, moths, nectar insects.
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