Genus Gutierrezia (Noun)
Meaning
Sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The genus Gutierrezia is composed of sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs that are native to western North America and warm South America.
- Gutierrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as snakeweeds or matchweeds.
- Gutierrezia sarothrae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Gutierrezia, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
- Plants in the genus Gutierrezia are often found growing in dry, open areas, such as meadows and rocky outcrops.
- The genus Gutierrezia was named in honor of the Spanish botanist Pedro Gutierrez Bueno.