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Gutierrezia texana
Also called Broomweed
Gutierrezia texana is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Texas snakeweed. It is native to the south-central United States (New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana) and northern Mexico as far south as Guanajuato and Hidalgo.
Gutierrezia texana is an annual, hairless herb up to 100 cm (39 in) in height. The plant produces numerous flower heads in loose arrays. Each head usually has 5-36 ray flowers (though sometimes no rays) plus 7–48 disc flowers.
Arizona snakeweed · San Joaquin snakeweed · Lone Mesa snakeweed · Threadleaf snakeweed · San Pedro snakeweed · Broom snakeweed · Late snakeweed · Wright's snakeweed · Snakeweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gutierrezia texana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
