Gutierrezia serotina
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Gutierrezia |
Species: | G. serotina
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Binomial name | |
Gutierrezia serotina Greene 1899
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Gutierrezia serotina is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name late snakeweed.
It is endemic to Arizona in the United States.[2][3]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]External links
[edit]- USDA Plants Profile for Gutierrezia serotina (late snakeweed)
- Missouri Botanical Garden: photo of herbarium specimen collected in Arizona (1935) — isotype of Gutierrezia serotina.