Asteraceae

Littleleaf horsebrush

Tetradymia glabrata Torr. & A.Gray

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tetradymia

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Common names

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English: Littleleaf horsebrush

Synonyms

Tetradymia glabrata f. glabrata

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 47 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Severe, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sokoloff PC, Murray DA, McBeth SR.M, Irvine MG, Rupert SM, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sokoloff PC, Murray DA, McBeth SR.M, Irvine MG, Rupert SM, CC BY 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.