PLANTS Profile for Gutierrezia sarothrae (broom snakeweed)

PLANTS Profile

Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby
broom snakeweed

Symbol:

GUSA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

Photograph of Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

©W.L. Wagner. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany.

More Information:

Characteristics Report
Classification Report
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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 by State:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

Distributional Map for Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby distribution:
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)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY

Related Taxa:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby

477 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Gutierrezia

Classification:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby


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.

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.

Time Generated: 02/12/2009 11:19 PM MST