Genus of flowering plants
Flower heads ofGutierrezia microcephala Gutierrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the familyAsteraceae , native to western North America and western South America.[ 4] Plants of this genus are known generally assnakeweeds ormatchweeds .[ 5] [ 1] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] Some species have been calledgreasewood .[ 10] They areannual orperennial plants orsubshrubs with yellow or white flowers.[ 4]
These plants contain chemical compounds which can be toxic to livestock and some are considered weeds.[ 11]
Species[ 3] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] Gutierrezia alamanii -Chihuahua Gutierrezia argyrocarpa -Hidalgo Gutierrezia arizonica – Arizona snakeweed -Arizona ,Sonora Gutierrezia baccharoides -Chile ,Argentina Gutierrezia californica – San Joaquin snakeweed -California ,Baja California ,Arizona (Yavapai Co )Gutierrezia conoidea -Chihuahua ,Durango ,Jalisco ,Zacatecas Gutierrezia dracunculoides - USA (fromArizona toNebraska +Tennessee )Gutierrezia dunalii -Morelos ,México State Gutierrezia elegans - Lone Mesa snakeweedGutierrezia espinosae -Chile Gutierrezia gayana -Chile Gutierrezia gilliesii -Argentina Gutierrezia grandis -Nuevo León ,Coahuila Gutierrezia isernii -Argentina Gutierrezia mandonii -Argentina ,Bolivia Gutierrezia microcephala – threadleaf snakeweed - southwestern USA, northernMexico Gutierrezia neaeana -Chile Gutierrezia paniculata -Chile Gutierrezia petradoria – San Pedro snakeweed -Utah Gutierrezia pomariensis -Utah Gutierrezia pulviniformis -Argentina Gutierrezia ramulosa -Baja California Gutierrezia repens -Argentina Gutierrezia resinosa -Chile Gutierrezia sarothrae – broom snakeweed - western Canada, western + central USA, northern MexicoGutierrezia sericocarpa -San Luis Potosí ,Durango ,Zacatecas ,Guanajuato ,Querétaro ,Nayarit Gutierrezia serotina – late snakeweed -Arizona Gutierrezia solbrigii -Argentina Gutierrezia spathulata -Argentina Gutierrezia sphaerocephala – roundleaf snakeweed - USA (Arizona ,New Mexico ,Texas ), northern MexicoGutierrezia taltalensis -Chile Gutierrezia texana – Texas snakeweed - USA (New Mexico ,Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas ),Nuevo León Gutierrezia wrightii – Wright's snakeweed - USA (Arizona ,New Mexico ),Chihuahua ,Durango ,Sonora ^a b Tropicos,Gutierrezia Lag. ^ The Plant List,Gutierrezia linearifolia Lag. ^a b "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist" . Archived fromthe original on 2014-12-01. Retrieved2014-12-01 .^a b Guy L. Nesom,"Gutierrezia Lagasca, Gen. Sp. Pl. 30. 1816" ,Flora of North America , vol. 20 ^ Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, quae aut novae sunt aut nondum recte cognoscuntur, Elench. Pl. 30 ^ "Asteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2010.5.13)" . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2013 .^ "Gutierrezia Lag. Taxonomic Hierarchy" . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2013 .^ "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Gutierrezia Lag" . United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2013 .^ Lane, M. A. 1985. Taxonomy ofGutierrezia (Compositae: Astereae) in North America. Systematic Botany 10(1): 7–28 ^ "Greasewood" .The New International Encyclopædia – viaWikisource .^ Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007).Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico . Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.ISBN 978-0-89672-614-7 . ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F. ^ The Plant List, search forGutierrezia ^ "Gutierrezia" .plantsoftheworldonline.org . Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved2018-10-18 .