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gumplants
Grindelia
Grindelia (gumweed) is a genus of plants native to the Americas belonging to the family Asteraceae. The genus was named for Latvian botanist David Hieronymus Grindel, 1776–1836.
They are herbaceous plants or subshrubs with annual, biennial, or perennial life cycles. The flowerheads are composed of numerous yellow disc florets (usually between 100–200) and from zero to sixty or more yellow or orange ray florets. Grindelia squarrosa, a plant with bright yellow flowers indigenous to much of the United States, is commonly called curlycup gumweed. Grindelia robusta, found in the western states, is a coastal scrub bush that is reputed to have several medicinal uses. Hairy gumweed, Grindelia cuneifolia, occurs in brackish coastal marshes of western North America, such as in some portions of the San Francisco Bay perimeter. The genus is native to South America, Mexico, and western North America, though some species have been introduced and naturalized in eastern North America and the Old World.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Curlycup Gumweed
speciesGrindelia squarrosa
Oregon Gumplant
speciesGrindelia stricta
Spanish Gold
speciesGrindelia ciliata
Great Valley gumweed
speciesGrindelia camporum
Puget sound gumweed
speciesGrindelia integrifolia
Hairy Gumweed
speciesGrindelia hirsutula
Narrowleaf Gumweed
speciesGrindelia lanceolata
curlytop gumweed
speciesGrindelia nuda
subalpine gumweed
speciesGrindelia subalpina
Lonestar gumweed
speciesGrindelia adenodonta
Grindelia pulchella
speciesGrindelia pulchella
Shrubby Gumweed
speciesGrindelia chiloensis
San Diego Gumplant
speciesGrindelia hallii
Grindelia inuloides
speciesGrindelia inuloides
Idaho Gumweed
speciesGrindelia nana
Grindelia tarapacana
speciesGrindelia tarapacana
Grindelia scorzonerifolia
speciesGrindelia scorzonerifolia
Grindelia orientalis
speciesGrindelia orientalis
Colorado Gumweed
speciesGrindelia inornata
Grindelia buphthalmoides
speciesGrindelia buphthalmoides
Ash Meadows Gumplant
speciesGrindelia fraxinipratensis
Grindelia arizonica
speciesGrindelia arizonica
Grindelia oxylepis
speciesGrindelia oxylepis
Rough Gumweed
speciesGrindelia scabra
Grindelia howellii
speciesGrindelia howellii
Grindelia boliviana
speciesGrindelia boliviana
Grindelia anethifolia
speciesGrindelia anethifolia
Grindelia cabrerae
speciesGrindelia cabrerae
Grindelia × paludosa
hybridGrindelia × paludosa
Grindelia glutinosa
speciesGrindelia glutinosa
Grindelia aegialitis
speciesGrindelia aegialitis
Grindelia brachystephana
speciesGrindelia brachystephana
Grindelia ragonesei
speciesGrindelia ragonesei
Grindelia greenmanii
speciesGrindelia greenmanii
Willamette Valley hybrid gumplant
hybridGrindelia integrifolia × nana
Grindelia ventanensis
speciesGrindelia ventanensis
Pointed Gumweed
speciesGrindelia fastigiata
Grindelia tricuspis
speciesGrindelia tricuspis
Grindelia patagonica
speciesGrindelia patagonica
Grindelia puberula
speciesGrindelia puberula
Grindelia subdecurrens
speciesGrindelia subdecurrens
Grindelia atlantica
speciesGrindelia atlantica
Grindelia covasii
speciesGrindelia covasii
Grindelia grandiflora
speciesGrindelia grandiflora
Grindelia chacoensis
speciesGrindelia chacoensis
Havard's gumweed
speciesGrindelia havardii
Grindelia sublanuginosa
speciesGrindelia sublanuginosa
Grindelia eligulata
speciesGrindelia eligulata
Grindelia palmeri
speciesGrindelia palmeri
Grindelia globularifolia
speciesGrindelia globularifolia
Plains Gumweed
speciesGrindelia oolepis
Little-head Gumweed
speciesGrindelia microcephala
Grindelia greenei
speciesGrindelia greenei
Grindelia hirtella
speciesGrindelia hirtella
Grindelia pusilla
speciesGrindelia pusilla
Grindelia tenella
speciesGrindelia tenella
Reclined Gumweed
speciesGrindelia decumbens
Grindelia peregrinensis
speciesGrindelia peregrinensis
Grindelia mutabilis
speciesGrindelia mutabilis
Grindelia macvaughii
speciesGrindelia macvaughii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55365.