Baccharis viminea - Mule's fat

Mule’s fat (Baccharis viminea) is an evergreen shrub native to riparian washes of California, its shoots roasted as a famine food only when nothing else is available, and its extensive root system valued for stabilizing sandy ground.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Emergency food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Ground cover¹
• Soil stabilization¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Baccharis viminea | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩