Bebbia juncea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene

Sweetbush

Bebbia juncea is a shrub that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1957 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. aspera
Genus:	Bebbia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Information about Bebbia juncea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (BEJU) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Monotypic, Range, Flower Info: Its only species is Bebbia juncea.[1] It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and extreme western Texas (El Paso County)) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[4] It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.[5][6] (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/01/2025).