Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Broom snakeweed is a low, rounded subshrub that turns golden in late summer with tiny massed flowers, a tough, drought-proof pollinator plant of dry western rangelands. It is toxic to grazing livestock in quantity, which is why ranchers treat it as a weed.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY