Mule Fat, Baccharis salicifolia

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Mule Fat

Asteraceae
Baccharis salicifolia

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Type	Categories	Useful Parts
Shrub

Asteraceae Family

Baccharis Genus

Other Names for this Plant

Seepwillow, Water-wally, Glasswort

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Asteraceae

Asterales

Star Order (Daisies)

Euasterids II

Real Stars Group Two

Asteridae

Class of Stars (Daisies)

Core Eudicots

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Eudicots

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnolia Division

Seed Plants

Real Land Plants

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plantae

Plants

Eukaryota

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

common near water sources.
accumulates significant amounts of sodium into its structures. This means that its ashes produce a sodium-rich soda ash rather than a potassium-rich potash
Navajo people use this plant in a compound infusion of plants used as a lotion for chills from immersion
The stem is used for primitive fire-making.

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