Asteraceae
Mule-fat
Baccharis salicifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Baccharis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Mule-fat
- Quechua
- Urqu chillka
Synonyms
- Baccharis alamanii DC.
- Baccharis araucana Phil.
- Baccharis bracteolata DC.
- Baccharis chilquilla DC.
- Baccharis coerulescens DC.
- Baccharis confertifolia Colla
- Baccharis corymbosa Meyen
- Baccharis cuervi Phil.
- Baccharis fevillei DC.
- Baccharis glutinosa var. incisa Heering
- Baccharis iresinoides Kunth
- Baccharis kraussei Heering ex Reiche
- Baccharis lanceolata Kunth
- Baccharis linifolia Phil.
- Baccharis linifolia DC.
- Baccharis longifolia DC.
- Baccharis longipes Kunze ex DC.
- Baccharis marginalis DC.
- Baccharis marginalis var. caerulescens Heering
- Baccharis marginalis var. linifolia Heering
- Baccharis marginalis var. longipes (Kunze ex DC.) Heering
- Baccharis marginalis var. longipes (DC.) Heering ex Reiche
- Baccharis marginalis var. marginalis
- Baccharis marginalis var. viminea (DC.) Heering ex Reiche
- Baccharis pallida Heering ex Reiche
- Baccharis parviflora Poir.
- Baccharis parviflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
- Baccharis parviflora Less. ex Schltdl. & Cham.
- Baccharis pingraea var. longipes (Kunze ex DC.) Heering
- Baccharis purpurascens Heering
- Baccharis salicifolia var. longifolia (DC.) Cuatrec.
- Baccharis salicifolia var. mocoafluminis (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec.
- Baccharis striata Ruiz & Pav.
- Baccharis viminea DC.
- Baccharis viminea var. atwoodii S.L.Welsh
- Baccharis viminea var. viminea
- Baccharis viscosa var. nigricans Kuntze
- Molina parviflora Ruiz & Pav.
- Molina salicifolia Ruiz & Pav.
- Molina striata Ruiz & Pav.
and 3 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amado Demesa from DF, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.