NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Gutierrezia microcephala

Threadleaf Snakeweed

A member of the Asteraceae, the Aster Family

Habit of Gutierrezia microcephala, Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site, Bureau of Land Management, northwestern Arizona.

Habit, with tape extended twelve inches.

Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site, Bureau of Land Management (off of Interstate 15):
On sand flats below picnic area at elevation ca. 2,200 feet.

7 November 2009.

 

Flowering branches of Gutierrezia microcephala, Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site, Bureau of Land Management, northwestern Arizona.

Flowering branches, with tape measure to show scale in inches.
Same specimen as in prior image.

7 November 2009.

 

Inflorescences of Gutierrezia microcephala, Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site, Bureau of Land Management, northwestern Arizona.

Inflorescences.
Same specimen as in prior images.

7 November 2009.

 

Flowering branches of Gutierrezia microcephala, Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site, Bureau of Land Management, northwestern Arizona.

Flowering branches.
Same specimen as in prior images.

7 November 2009.

 

Habitat of Gutierrezia microcephala, Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site, Bureau of Land Management, northwestern Arizona.

Habitat.
Same specimen (at lower center) as in prior images.

7 November 2009.

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 13 July 2010.

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