California matchweed (Gutierrezia californica)

California matchweed, a reference photo — Photo: Laura Camp from San Juan Capistrano, CA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Gutierrezia californica is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names San Joaquin snakeweed and California matchweed. It is native to California and Arizona in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. It grows in sunny sandy or rocky areas in grasslands, scrub, or open woodlands.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of California matchweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Gutierrezia resinosa
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Gutierrezia microcephala
Amphiachyris dracunculoides

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gutierrezia
Species: Gutierrezia californica

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