Asteraceae
Broom snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gutierrezia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Broom snakeweed, Broomsnakeweed, Kindlingweed, Matchbrush, Broomweed, Perennial snakeweed, Snakeweed, Stinkweed
- Spanish
- Hierba de la víbora, Yerba de la víbora
Synonyms
- Brachyachyris euthamiae Spreng.
- Brachyris divaricata Nutt.
- Brachyris euthamiae Nutt.
- Galinsoga linearifolia Spreng.
- Gutierrezia corymbosa A.Nelson
- Gutierrezia digyna S.F.Blake
- Gutierrezia divaricata Torr. & A.Gray
- Gutierrezia diversifolia Greene
- Gutierrezia euthamiae Torr. & A.Gray
- Gutierrezia euthamiae var. euthamiae
- Gutierrezia fasciculata Greene
- Gutierrezia filifolia Greene
- Gutierrezia fulva Lunell
- Gutierrezia furfuracea Greene
- Gutierrezia globosa A.Nelson
- Gutierrezia goldmanii Greene
- Gutierrezia greenei Lunell
- Gutierrezia haenkei Sch.Bip.
- Gutierrezia ionensis Lunell
- Gutierrezia juncea Greene
- Gutierrezia laricina Greene
- Gutierrezia lepidota Greene
- Gutierrezia linearifolia Lag.
- Gutierrezia linearis Rydb.
- Gutierrezia linoides Greene
- Gutierrezia longifolia Greene
- Gutierrezia longipappa S.F.Blake
- Gutierrezia myriocephala A.Nelson
- Gutierrezia pomariensis (S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh
- Gutierrezia sarothrae var. pomariensis S.L.Welsh
- Gutierrezia sarothrae var. sarothrae
- Gutierrezia scoparia Rydb.
- Gutierrezia tenuis Greene
- Solidago sarothrae Pursh
- Xanthocephalum digynum (S.F.Blake) Shinners
- Xanthocephalum longipappum (S.F.Blake) Shinners
- Xanthocephalum petradoria S.L.Welsh & Goodrich
- Xanthocephalum sarothrae (Pursh) Shinners
- Xanthocephalum sarothrae var. pomariense (S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh
- Xanthocephalum sarothrae var. sarothrae
and 1 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anders Hastings https://www.inaturalist.org/people/andershastings, 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.