''Chamaebatiaria'' is a monotypic genus of aromatic

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

in the

rose family Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus' ...

containing the single species ''Chamaebatiaria millefolium'', which is known by the common names fern bush and desert sweet. Its genus name comes from its physical resemblance to the mountain miseries of genus ''

Chamaebatia ''Chamaebatia'', also known as mountain misery, is a genus of two species of aromatic evergreen shrubs endemic to California. Its English common name derives from early settlers' experience with the plant's dense tangle and sticky, strong-smell ...

'', which are not closely related. This is a hairy, sticky plant covered in fernlike foliage made up of fronds of small leaflets. At the ends of the erect branches of this spreading bush are

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

s of white roselike flowers. This shrub is a resident of scrub, woodland, and forests in western North America. The closest relative of ''

Spiraeanthus ''Spiraeanthus'' is a monotypic genus of shrub in the rose family containing the single species ''Spiraeanthus schrenkianus''. It is native to Kazakhstan and possibly Kyrgyzstan.Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian Regional Tree Red Lis ...

''.

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Jepson Manual Treatment''Chamaebatiaria millefolium'' USDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
Sorbarieae Monotypic Rosaceae genera Flora of the Western United States {{Amygdaloideae-stub