Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis), Pacific northwest native shrub

Baccharis pilularis (Coyote Bush, Coyote Brush, Chaparral Broom, Bush Baccharis)

Kingdom	:	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	:	Asteridae
Order	:	Asterales
Family	:	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	:	Baccharis L. – baccharis
Species	:	Baccharis pilularis DC. – coyotebrush

Photo at right was taken by J. Smith at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.

Coyote Bush is a tough evergreen shrub with thick shiny triangular leaves.

Its native territory is primarily the California and Oregon coast, USDA zones 8-9.

Little can deter this plant from growing, not heat, wind or lack of water; it is even fire and deer resistant.

This 1-2 foot tall plant will make a great ground or bank cover, or when grown singly will develop into a small rounded shrub.

The flowers are yellow and the female plants will produce fuzzy seed heads.

Early Native Americans used parts of this plant to make a tea which relieved poison oak rash.

Photo credit: Franco Folini. "Two Coyote Bushes blooming at Golden Gate National Recreation Area Marin County, CA"

Photo, left, credit: Miguel Vieira; Photo, right, credit: Franco Folini

Photo, left, credit: Stickpen; Photo, center, credit: James Steakley; Photo, right, credit: Evangele19 In Los Osos Oaks State Preserve

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