Matchbrush as seen about one mile east of Roosevelt, Washington along Washington Highway SR14 east of Rock Creek.......September 23, 2011.
Photo at right of Match
Brush from US 26 east of Mitchell, OR.....Sept. 3, 1999.
Photo at right of Match
Brush from US 26 east of Mitchell, OR.....Sept. 3, 1999.
Match Brush is small shrub or subshrub from 20 - 60 cm in height. It has numerous thin, brittle (not unlike match sticks) branches. The leaves are linear and range from 2 - 4 cm in length and 1 -2 mm wide. The inflorescences tend to be flat-topped, with the flower heads in compact clusters. The involucre is 3-4.5 mm high. The heads are radiate, with 3 -8 yellow rays. Individual rays are about 2-3 mm long. There are approximately 3-8 central disk flowers.
Match Brush may be found in dry, open places in the plains, foothills and lowlands. Match Brush may be found at higher elevations in regions south of the Pacific Northwest.
Match Brush is found from Saskatchewan and Alberta south through the western Great Plains to Mexico, and through Idaho to southeastern Washington, throughout eastern Oregon into California.
In the Columbia River Gorge, Gutierrezia sarothrae is found at an elevation near 200' near the mouth of the Deschutes and John Day Rivers.
