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Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
broom snakeweed
Symbol: GUSA2
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Plant Synonyms:
 

GUDI3

Gutierrezia diversifolia Greene

 

GULE

Gutierrezia lepidota Greene

 

GULI2

Gutierrezia linearifolia Lag.

 

GULI3

Gutierrezia linearis Rydb.

 

GULI4

Gutierrezia linoides Greene

 

GULO3

Gutierrezia longipappa Blake

 

GUPO2

Gutierrezia pomariensis (Welsh) Welsh

 

GUSAP

Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby var. pomariensis Welsh

 

GUTE3

Gutierrezia tenuis Greene

 

SOSA5

Solidago sarothrae Pursh

 

XASA4

Xanthocephalum sarothrae (Pursh) Shinners

 

XASAP

Xanthocephalum sarothrae (Pursh) Shinners var. pomariense (Welsh) Welsh

 

XATE2

Xanthocephalum tenue (Greene) Shinners

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State Distributional Map for GUSA2
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Plant Distribution by State


Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby

GUSA2

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Related Taxa:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby

View 440 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Gutierrezia

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Classification:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby

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    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) Britt. & Rusby – broom snakeweed

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Invasive Information:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
        broom snakeweed
        broomweed
        turpentine weed
        yellow top
        stinkweed
        perennial snakeweed
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
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.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37483.

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