Gutierrezia petradoria (S.L.Welsh & Goodrich) S.L.Welsh

San pedro snakeweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gutierrezia

Characteristics

Perennials, 10–40 cm. Stems minutely scabro-hirtellous. Leaves: basal persistent at flowering; cauline blades mostly 3-or 5-nerved, linear-spatulate to linear, proximal 1–3(–4) mm wide, narrower distally. Heads borne singly or (2–4) in loose arrays. Involucres broadly turbinate to obconic, 4–7 mm diam. Phyllary apices flat, ± swollen. Ray florets (4–)5–10; corollas yellow, 5–8(–10) mm. Disc florets 15–23 (bisexual and fertile or functionally staminate). Cypselae 1.5–3(–3.5) mm, faces without oil cavities, loosely strigose (hair apices acute); pappi of 1–2 series of scales (0.5–)1–2.2 mm. 2n = 8.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Gutierrezia petradoria world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942073-1
WFO ID wfo-0000038008
COL ID 3HN27
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Synonyms

Gutierrezia petradoria Xanthocephalum petradoria