Gutierrezia texana
| Gutierrezia texana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Gutierrezia |
| Species: | G. texana |
| Binomial name | |
| Gutierrezia texana (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray 1842 | |
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Gutierrezia texana is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Texas snakeweed. It is native to the south-central United States (New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana) and northern Mexico as far south as Guanajuato and Hidalgo.[2]
Gutierrezia texana is an annual, hairless herb up to 100 cm (39 in) in height. The plant produces numerous flower heads in loose arrays. Each head usually has 5-36 ray flowers (though sometimes no rays) plus 7–48 disc flowers.[3]
- Gutierrezia texana var. glutinosa (S.Schauer) M.A.Lane
- Gutierrezia texana var. texana
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