Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pavón) Pers.

Family: Asteraceae

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Baccharis glutinosa (Ruiz and Pavon) Pers., Baccharis viminea DC., Molina salicifolia Ruiz & Pavón

Common names:

Black willow (1894, Santa Barbara Co. CA) (75)

Guatemote (1930, Spanish) (106)

Mulefat [Mule fat, Mule's fat] (1930-Present) (50, 106)

Mulefat baccharis (1942) (155)

Seepwillow baccharis (1942) (155)

Water-motor (1930, CA, corruption of Spanish name) (106)

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