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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gutierrezia |
| Species: | G. wrightii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gutierrezia wrightii
A.Gray 1853
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Gutierrezia wrightii is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Wright's snakeweed. It is native to the southwestern United States ( Arizona and New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico ( Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa). [2]
Gutierrezia wrightii is an annual herb up to 200 cm (79 in) in height. Leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long. The plant produces numerous flower heads in loose arrays. Each head contains 30-60 disc florets with 8-19 yellow ray florets around the edge. [3]
References
External links
- USDA Plants Profile for Gutierrezia wrightii (Wright's snakeweed)
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico in 1851, isotype of Gutierrezia wrightii
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