Gutierrezia sarothrae

(Pursh) Britton & Rusby

Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 10. 1887.

Common names: Kindlingweed
Illustrated
Basionym: Solidago sarothrae Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 540. 1813
Synonyms: Xanthocephalum sarothrae (Pursh) Shinners
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 92. Mentioned on page 90, 93, 94.

Subshrubs, 10–60(–100) cm. Stems minutely hispidulous. Leaves: basal and proximal absent at flowering; cauline blades 1- or 3-nerved, linear to lanceolate, sometimes filiform and fascicled, 1.5–2(–3) mm wide, little reduced distally. Heads (sessile to subsessile in compact glomerules) in dense, flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. Involucres cylindric to cuneate-campanulate, 1.5–2(–3) mm diam. Phyllary apices flat. Ray florets (2–)3–8; corollas yellow, 3–5.5 mm. Disc florets (2–)3–9 (usually bisexual and fertile, rarely functionally staminate, corollas tubular-funnelform, lobes erect to spreading or recurved, deltate). Cypselae 0.8–1.6(–2.2) mm, faces without oil cavities, densely strigoso-sericeous; pappi of 1–2 series of narrowly oblong- to ovate-lanceolate or obovate scales (readily falling, those of discs 1/3–1/2 corollas, shorter on rays). 2n = 8, 16, 32.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Nov(–Jan).
Habitat: Grasslands, commonly on rocky, open slopes
Elevation: 50–2900 m

Distribution

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Alta., Man., Sask., Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Kans., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Okla., Oreg., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wash., Wyo., Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).

Discussion

Gutierrezia sarothrae is often abundant in overgrazed pastures; it is naturalized in New York.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Guy L. Nesom +
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Solidago sarothrae +
Kindlingweed +
Alta. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Kans. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Wyo. +, Mexico (Baja California +, Baja California Sur +, Chihuahua +, Coahuila +, Durango +, Nuevo León +, San Luis Potosí +, Sonora +  and Zacatecas). +
50–2900 m +
Grasslands, commonly on rocky, open slopes +
Flowering Jul–Nov(–Jan). +
Trans. New York Acad. Sci. +
Illustrated +
Xanthocephalum sarothrae +
Gutierrezia sarothrae +
Gutierrezia +
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