Asteraceae
Wright's snakeweed
Gutierrezia wrightii
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gutierrezia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wright's snakeweed
Synonyms
- Greenella discoidea A.Gray
- Xanthocephalum discoideum (A.Gray) Shinners
- Xanthocephalum wrightii A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.