Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Gutierrezia texana
Gutierrezia texana (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray
Texas Snakeweed
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: GUTE2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Gutierrezia texana
Texas Broomweed
Asteraceae
Location: 45 m W of horse pens, along walking path--Oakwell Farms. Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; dry, well drained, alkaline soil. Dense colony. Common in similar habitats in the area.
Description: Erect, stout annual, with very stout taproot, not branched basally, but much so (and branchlets) above. Leaves to 2.5x35 mm, linear. Heads solitary, terminal on upper branchlets, not crowded. Rays yellow, about 10 disk florets about 10.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 17, 1987
Specimen number: 296
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0541
Accession Date: Aug 24, 1993
Accession Number: 40
Annotations: SCXRB