Index / Search / Gutierrezia microcephala
§1 Plant
Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) A. Gray
vernacular threadleaf snakeweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Gutierrezia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 72 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 72 counties across 6 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Brewster 48043
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Gaines 48165
- Glasscock 48173
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- La Salle 48283
- Live Oak 48297
- Loving 48301
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Sutton 48435
- Terrell 48443
- Upton 48461
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GUMI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5385099 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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