Baccharis dioica Nuccio's Nurseries and Asimina alone among them

and Asimina alone among them ventures north into the sandy uplands of the American Southeast

and a pedigree no other shade plant can touch

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Baccharis dioica Nuccio's Nurseries and Asimina alone among themA rare, semi evergreen shrub, Baccharis dioica resembles the common groundsel bush, Baccharis halimifolia, but is quite distinct. In 1979, just before Hurricane Frederic did tremendous damage to the Mobile, Alabama area, we found this plant growing behind the dunes on Dauphin Island. Not recognizing the shrub, we sent material to the recognized authority on the genus at Southern Methodist University, who identified the plant as Baccharis dioica, a