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Baccharis Sarothroides
Bushy and rugged...
Grows everywhere around the area on the map.
I always was told to pull this out like a weed. Last Fall 2012, I saw one of these bloom and it was swarming with honey bees and monarch butterfly's!! So I'm going to start letting them grow wild as a border. I don't have a pic of that, but I did upload a video to "viddy." Here's the link, just don't judge me for the cheesy background music. http://viddy.it/VgwOj1
Spotted on Mar 22, 2013
Submitted on Mar 24, 2013
6 Comments
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Thanks!
If you heard the name desert broom, then its probably the plant species Baccharis sarothroides
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccharis_s...
Sorry, must be a different plant. I THINK I've heard people call it "desert broom" or "desert bloom?"
That's the video! I tried taking a screen shot, but they moved around so much and the butterflies wings would flap a different time. Yeah. Big ups to professional photographers who can document winged things. I'm looking up the name now...
You mean that vid?
http://www.viddy.com/video/fc3c26c3-2d3b...
I think its "Ericameria nauseosus var. consimilis" ( green form Rabbitbrush), will you check the following link+pics, to see if its the same species?