Index / Search / Gutierrezia sarothrae
§1 Plant
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby
vernacular broom snakeweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Gutierrezia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 468 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 140 min.
- Precipitation
- 7–30 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 225,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 468 counties across 18 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 13 N ▾
California view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Cheyenne 08017
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Teller 08119
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Montana view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Gosper 31073
- Hitchcock 31087
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Morrill 31123
- Perkins 31135
- Red Willow 31145
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
Nevada view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McKenzie 38053
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Renville 38075
- Rolette 38079
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 84 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Bandera 48019
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Coke 48081
- Collingsworth 48087
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- Eastland 48133
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Erath 48143
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gray 48179
- Grimes 48185
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hockley 48219
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Wells 48249
- Jones 48253
- Karnes 48255
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Knox 48275
- La Salle 48283
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Live Oak 48297
- Lubbock 48303
- Montague 48337
- Moore 48341
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Scurry 48415
- Shackelford 48417
- Sherman 48421
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Taylor 48441
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
- Wichita 48485
- Wilbarger 48487
- Winkler 48495
- Yoakum 48501
- Young 48503
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GUSA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5385067 ↗Record version
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