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Gutierrezia pomariensis (broom snakeweed)

Synonyms: Gutierrezia sarothrae var. pomariensis (homotypic); Xanthocephalum sarothrae var. pomariense (homotypic)

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  High
Fire Tolerance [1]  Medium
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  4 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Single Crown
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Hazards [2]  In large quantities this plant can be toxic to grazing animals, possibly due to the presence of saponins;
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Propagation [1]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  16 inches (41 cm)
Scent [2]  The plants are strongly aromatic.
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  225000 / lb (496040 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  The twigs are tied to sticks and used as brooms; The dried twigs were used as a kindling for starting fires; A yellow dye can be made from the plant tops; An infusion of the leaves has been used as a pleasant and refreshing bath; The chewed leaf juice has an intoxication effect on bees and can kill them;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous
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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Food Habits of Rodents Inhabiting Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems of Central New Mexico, ANDREW G. HOPE AND ROBERT R. PARMENTER, Special Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, NUMBER 9, pp. 1–75 (2007)
♦ 5Lepus californicus, Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 530, pp. 1-10 (1996)
♦ 6Thomomys bottae, Cheri A. Jones and Colleen N. Baxter, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 742, pp. 1–14 (2004)
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0