Asteraceae
Threadleaf snakeweed
Gutierrezia microcephala
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gutierrezia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 线叶蛇草
- English
- Threadleaf snakeweed
Synonyms
- Brachyris microcephala DC.
- Gutierrezia glomerella Greene
- Gutierrezia lucida Greene
- Gutierrezia microphylla Durand & Hilg.
- Gutierrezia microphylla Durand & Hilg.
- Gutierrezia sarothrae var. microcephala (DC.) L.D.Benson
- Xanthocephalum lucidum Greene
- Xanthocephalum microcephalum (DC.) Shinners
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Armand de Cossé Brissac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.