Gutierrezia wrightii
| Gutierrezia wrightii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Gutierrezia |
| Species: | G. wrightii |
| Binomial name | |
| Gutierrezia wrightii A.Gray 1853 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gutierrezia wrightii is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Wright's snakeweed. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona and New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa).[2]
Gutierrezia wrightii is an annual herb up to 200 cm (79 in) in height. Leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long. The plant produces numerous flower heads in loose arrays. Each head contains 30-60 disc florets with 8-19 yellow ray florets around the edge.[3]
References
External links
- USDA Plants Profile for Gutierrezia wrightii (Wright's snakeweed)
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico in 1851, isotype of Gutierrezia wrightii
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