Gutierrezia serotina

Gutierrezia serotina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Gutierrezia
Species: G. serotina
Binomial name
Gutierrezia serotina
Greene 1899
Synonyms[1]
  • Gutierrezia polyantha A.Nelson

Gutierrezia serotina is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name late snakeweed.

It is endemicto Arizona in the United States.[2][3]

Description

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]

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