Gutierrezia wrightii is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Wright's snakeweed. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona and New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Gutierrezia wrightii is an annual herb up to in height. Leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, up to long. The plant produces numerous flower heads in loose arrays. Each head contains 30-60 disc florets with 8-19 yellow ray florets around the edge.Flora of North America, Gutierrezia wrightii A. Gray, 1853. Wright’s snakeweed
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External links USDA Plants Profile for Gutierrezia wrightii (Wright's snakeweed) Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico in 1851, isotype of Gutierrezia wrightii