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.

Author

Kimberley A. Ryan, Northern Arizona University Anthropology Laboratories

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