Gutierrezia
(meaning probably commemorative). SYNS. Brachyris and Brachyachiris. ORD. Compositae. A genus comprising about twenty species of erect herbs or sub-shrubs, peculiar to America, extending from the Red River to Mexico; a few also occur in Chili and the extreme South of the continent. Flower-heads yellow, small, very numerous, arranged in corymbs at the ends of the twigs. Leaves linear, entire, gummy. The species are of botanical interest only. The plant grown in gardens under the name of G. gymnospermoides is now referred to the genus Xanthocephalum (which see).