Overview
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Gutierrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Plants of this genus are known generally as snakeweeds or matchweeds. There are about 25 species found in North and South America. These plants contain chemical compounds which can be toxic to livestock and some are considered weeds. They bear small yellow daisylike flowers.
Selected species:
- - Arizona snakeweed
- Gutierrezia californica - San Joaquin snakeweed
- Gutierrezia elegans - Lone Mesa snakeweed
- Gutierrezia microcephala
- Gutierrezia petradoria
- Gutierrezia sarothrae - broom snakeweed, matchbrush
- Gutierrezia serotina - late snakeweed
- Gutierrezia sphaerocephala
- Gutierrezia texana - Texas snakeweed
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- Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L., Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Gutierrezia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 79 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Gutierrezia: G. alamani · G. alamanii · G. alamanii var. megalocephala · G. amoena · G. argyrocarpa · G. arizonica (Arizona Snakeweed) · G. baccharoides · G. berlandieri · G. brachyris · G. bracteata · G. californica (San Joaquin Snakeweed) · G. conoidea · G. coulteri · G. divaricata · G. divergens · G. diversifolia · G. dracunculoides · G. dunalii · G. eriocarpa · G. espinosae · G. euthamiae · G. filifolia · G. furfuracea · G. gayana · G. gilliesii · G. globosa · G. glomerella · G. glutinosa · G. glutinosum · G. goldmanii · G. grandis · G. gymnospermoides · G. hoffmannii · G. ionensis · G. iserni · G. isernii · G. juncea · G. lepidota · G. lindheimeriana · G. linearifolia · G. linearis · G. linifolia · G. linoides · G. longifolia · G. longipappa · G. lucida · G. mandonii · G. megalocephala · G. microcephala (Small-Head Matchbrush) · G. microphylla · G. myriacephala · G. myriocephala · G. neaeana · G. paniculata · G. petradoria (Goldenrod Snakeweed) · G. pomariensis · G. pulviniformis · G. ramulosa · G. repens · G. resinosa · G. sarothra · G. sarothrae (Perennial Snakeweed) · G. sarothrae microcephala · G. sarothrae var. pauciflora · G. sarothroe · G. scoparia · G. sericocarpa · G. serotina (Late Snakeweed) · G. solbrigii · G. spathulata · G. sphaerocephala (Round-Leaf Snakeweed) · G. taltalensis · G. tenuis · G. texana (Texas Broomweed) · G. texana (DC.) Torr. and Gray var. glutinosa (S.Schauer) M.A.Lane (Sticky Snakeweed) · G. texana (DC.) Torr. & Gray var. texana (DC.) Torr. & Gray · G. texana var. glutinosa (Sticky Snakeweed) · G. texana var. texana (Texas Snakeweed) · G. wrightii (Wright's Snakeweed)
References
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- Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L., Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2
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