Gutierrezia_serotina

<i>Gutierrezia serotina</i>

Gutierrezia serotina

Species of flowering plant

Gutierrezia serotina is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name late snakeweed.

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It is endemic to Arizona in the United States.[2][3]

Description

Gutierrezia serotina is a perennial herb or subshrub up to 30 cm (1 foot) in height. Leaves are very narrow, sometimes thread-like.

At the end of each branch there is an inflorescence of one or a few flower heads. The heads are larger than for most of the species in the genus. The head contains 8-17 disc florets with 4-9 yellow ray florets around the edge.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    The Plant List, Gutierrezia serotina Greene
  2. [2]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. [3]
    SEINet, Arizona Chapter, Southwestern Biodiversity
  4. [4]
    Flora of North America, Gutierrezia petradoria (S. L. Welsh & S. Goodrich) S. L. Welsh, 1983. Goldenrod snakeweed


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