- Baccharis, genus Baccharis - shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control
--1 is a kind of asterid dicot genus
--1 is a member of
--1 has members:Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family groundsel tree, groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifolia; mule fat, Baccharis viminea; coyote brush, coyote bush, chaparral broom, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularis