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Cape Sweetbush
Bebbia atriplicifolia
Bebbia juncea var. atriplicifolia is variety of sweetbush belonging to the Asteraceae family. It is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico, where it commonly grows along fences, forming natural hedges. It is also known as Cape sweetbush.
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Description
Bebbia juncea var. atriplicifolia is a flowering plant that grows to 6–8 ft (1.8–2.4 m) high, with many stems that have a tendency to hang over other plants. Its flowers are orange-yellow with a reportedly pleasant odor. It is a composite flower plant with a hispidulous stem that is sometimes glabrous. The leaves are petioled with triangular-ovate blades, 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 1.97 in) long and 0.6 to 4 cm (0.24 to 1.57 in) wide that are hastately lobed or toothed. The flower heads may be several to numerous, cymose-panicled, with pedicels that are usually stipitate-glandular and hispidulous. The involucre is less pubescent and the phyllaries acute or acuminate.
Range & habitat
Bebbia juncea var. atriplicifolia is found in sandy soils of desert and dry shrub biome in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, where it is endemic.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 288425.