Gutierrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to western North America and western South America.[4] Plants of this genus are known generally as snakeweeds or matchweeds.[5][1][6][7][8][9] Some species have been called greasewood.[10] They are annual or perennial plants or subshrubs with yellow or white flowers.[4]
| Gutierrezia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Gutierrezia sarothrae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Gutiereziinae |
| Genus: | Gutierrezia Lag. |
| Type species | |
| Gutierrezia linearifolia Lag.[1] (syn of G. sarothrae)[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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These plants contain chemical compounds which can be toxic to livestock and some are considered weeds.[11]
- Gutierrezia alamanii - Chihuahua
- Gutierrezia argyrocarpa - Hidalgo
- Gutierrezia arizonica – Arizona snakeweed - Arizona, Sonora
- Gutierrezia baccharoides - Chile, Argentina
- Gutierrezia californica – San Joaquin snakeweed - California, Baja California, Arizona (Yavapai Co)
- Gutierrezia conoidea - Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Zacatecas
- Gutierrezia dracunculoides - USA (from Arizona to Nebraska + Tennessee)
- Gutierrezia dunalii - Morelos, México State
- Gutierrezia elegans - Lone Mesa snakeweed
- Gutierrezia espinosae - Chile
- Gutierrezia gayana - Chile
- Gutierrezia gilliesii - Argentina
- Gutierrezia grandis - Nuevo León, Coahuila
- Gutierrezia isernii - Argentina
- Gutierrezia mandonii - Argentina, Bolivia
- Gutierrezia microcephala – threadleaf snakeweed - southwestern USA, northern Mexico
- Gutierrezia neaeana - Chile
- Gutierrezia paniculata - Chile
- Gutierrezia petradoria – San Pedro snakeweed - Utah
- Gutierrezia pomariensis - Utah
- Gutierrezia pulviniformis - Argentina
- Gutierrezia ramulosa - Baja California
- Gutierrezia repens - Argentina
- Gutierrezia resinosa - Chile
- Gutierrezia sarothrae – broom snakeweed - western Canada, western + central USA, northern Mexico
- Gutierrezia sericocarpa - San Luis Potosí, Durango, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Nayarit
- Gutierrezia serotina – late snakeweed - Arizona
- Gutierrezia solbrigii - Argentina
- Gutierrezia spathulata - Argentina
- Gutierrezia sphaerocephala – roundleaf snakeweed - USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), northern Mexico
- Gutierrezia taltalensis - Chile
- Gutierrezia texana – Texas snakeweed - USA (New Mexico, Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas), Nuevo León
- Gutierrezia wrightii – Wright's snakeweed - USA (Arizona, New Mexico), Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora
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