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Gutierrezia

Gutierrezia

9.9
A group of small sticky plants with yellow flowers that grow in dry parts of North and South America
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The bright yellow flowers of Gutierrezia make it a distinctive plant in North American deserts.

Examples

  • Gutierrezia species are often found in arid and semi-arid regions throughout the southwestern United States.

  • Botanists have classified several new types of Gutierrezia based on their floral structures.

  • The Gutierrezia plants thrive in arid conditions.

  • Many Gutierrezias can be found in the deserts of the Southwest.

  • The bright yellow flowers of Gutierrezia make it a distinctive plant in North American deserts.

  • Gutierrezia species are often found in arid and semi-arid regions throughout the southwestern United States.

  • Many Gutierrezia plants can be found in the deserts of the Southwest.

Compounds

Gutierrezia microcephala
  • Specialized
9.9

A wild plant from North America in the daisy family with small flower heads and few outer and center flowers

Gutierrezia sarothrae
  • Specialized
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A low sticky shrub of dry land in the American Southwest with many thin branches and small yellow flowers

Gutierrezia texana
  • Specialized
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A small annual plant with sticky leaves and yellow flowers that grows in dry soil

Surface Forms

Gutierrezia singular
Gutierrezias plural

Etymology

Gutierrezia comes from the Spanish surname Gutiérrez plus the common plant ending -ia, like in gardenia, which means 'named after'. So Gutierrezia is the group of plants named to honor someone called Gutiérrez.