SNAKEWEED
rabbitweed, rabbit-weed, snakeweed, broom snakeweed, broom snakeroot, turpentine weed, Gutierrezia sarothrae
(noun) low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
snakeweed (usually uncountable, plural snakeweeds)
Any of various unrelated plants reputed to cure snakebite.
A poisonous American plant of the genus Gutierrezia.
Synonyms
• (Gutierrezia): matchweed
Source: Wiktionary
Snake"weed`, n. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
(b) The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition