Asteraceae
San Joaquin snakeweed
Gutierrezia californica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gutierrezia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- San Joaquin snakeweed
Synonyms
- Brachyris californica DC.
- Gutierrezia bracteata Abrams
- Gutierrezia californica var. californica
- Gutierrezia divergens Greene
- Xanthocephalum californicum Greene
Flowers
- In flower
- January, April to November (from 111 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Laura Camp from San Juan Capistrano, CA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.