Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington, chiefly in southeastern part of state; Alberta to Manitoba, south to California and Texas.
Habitat: Dry, open places in the foothills, valleys and plains.
Flowers: July-September
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies, wasps
Shrubs 2-6 dm. tall, with numerous erect, slender, brittle branches, the herbage mostly scabrous-puberulent.
Leaves alternate, linear, dotted with small, translucent pits, 2-4 cm. long and 1-2 mm. wide.
Numerous heads in small glomerules in a flat-topped inflorescence; involucre glutinous, 3-4 mm. high, sub-cylindric; rays 3-8, pistillate, yellow, 2-3 mm. long; disk flowers 3-8, yellow, mostly fertile; pappus of several narrow scales; style branches flattened.
Achcnes terete, several-nerved.
Publication: Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 10. 1887. 1887.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Gutierrezia sarothrae in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Gutierrezia sarothrae checklist entry
OregonFlora: Gutierrezia sarothrae information
E-Flora BC: Gutierrezia sarothrae atlas page
CalPhotos: Gutierrezia sarothrae photos
