Common name: Desert Broom
Scientific name; Baccharis sarothroides
Description: An evergreen shrub with dense thin branches, fine green new-growth twigs, and small fall-blooming flowers.
Dye: None.
Other uses: As suggested by the English names, the thin terminal twigs have been bundled at the end of a pole to make a broom. Also used by the Pima to create a roof thatching.