Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Gutierrezia texana var. texana
Gutierrezia texana (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray var. texana
Texas Snakeweed, Texas Broomweed, Kindling-weed, Annual Broomweed
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: GUTETUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Gutierrezia texana var. texana
Texas Broomweed
Asteraceae
Location: Nelson Farm 3 km E of IH-37 in extreme south Bexar County.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Deep sandy soil of drainage ditch, beside road, in semi-shade.
Description: Erect, 95 cm annual, from stout taproot w/many fibrous roots. Stalk 4 mm dia almost to upper 1/3 where it is much branched. Lower leaves not persistent. Leaves to .5x5 cm, most much smaller, alternate. Heads solitary, terminating loose, pedunculiform branchlets. Involucre campanulate. Rays 9-10, yellow, strap shaped; disk flowers 10+ with a pappus of a few scales.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 19, 1990
Specimen number: 452
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0662
Accession Date: Mar 22, 1994
Accession Number: 49
Annotations: SCXRB [=Xanthocephalum t.]