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Common Name: Broom Snakeweed
Other Names: Perennial Broomweed, Matchweed, Snakeweed
Species Name: Gutierrezia sarothrae
Plant Type: Forb
Family Name: Asteraceae, Sunflower Family

 
Plant Facts
OriginNative
DurationPerrenial 
Distribution in the U.S.Western half from the Sierra-Cascade Mountains eastward to North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas
Distribution in OklahomaWestern third of the state

ID Characteristics

   
Habitat/Ecology
Soil TypeAll
HabitatIncreases with heavy grazing
Successional StageAll