Baccharis wrightii is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Wright's baccharis or false willow.

[2] It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)[2][3] and the southwestern and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah).

[4][5] Baccharis wrightii is a shrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, the branches woody only at the bases.

Flowering heads are usually borne one at a time on the ends of branches.

The species grows on dry, sandy plains.