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Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby
broom snakeweed

       
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Photo of Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby
Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.
 
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Synonyms:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

  GUDI3 Gutierrezia diversifolia Greene
  GULE Gutierrezia lepidota Greene
  GULI2 Gutierrezia linearifolia Lag.
  GULI3 Gutierrezia linearis Rydb.
  GULI4 Gutierrezia linoides Greene
  GULO3 Gutierrezia longipappa S.F. Blake
  GUPO2 Gutierrezia pomariensis (S.L. Welsh) S.L. Welsh
  GUSAP Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby var. pomariensis S.L. Welsh
  GUTE3 Gutierrezia tenuis Greene
  SOSA5 Solidago sarothrae Pursh
  XASA4 Xanthocephalum sarothrae (Pursh) Shinners
  XASAP Xanthocephalum sarothrae (Pursh) Shinners var. pomariense (S.L. Welsh) S.L. Welsh
  XATE2 Xanthocephalum tenue (Greene) Shinners
 

Distribution:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Gutierrezia
 

Classification:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Gutierrezia Lag. – snakeweed
Species Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby – broom snakeweed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

broom snakeweed
broomweed
perennial snakeweed
stinkweed
turpentine weed
yellow top

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37483.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 

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Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

Arizona: abstract & image of broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae)

 
 
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