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Great Valley gumweed

Grindelia camporum

Also called Hairy Gumweed, Grindelia, Marsh Gumweed, Great Valley Gumplant, San Francisco Gumplant, Bract Gumweed, Sharpleaf Gumweed

Great Valley gumweed
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
California to Mexico (NW. Baja California)
Climate
temperate

About

Grindelia camporum is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Great Valley gumplant and Great Valley gumweed.

Where it grows

The plant is native to California and Baja California, where it can be found in a number of habitats including chaparral and woodlands. Its range may extend into Nevada. It is hardy plant that also readily grows in disturbed and altered areas such as ditches and roadsides.

Uses

It is a traditional Native American medicinal plant, used by the Indigenous peoples of California.

Other Grindelia plants

Lonestar gumweed · Grindelia aggregata · Arizona gumweed · Grindelia buphthalmoides · Shrubby Gumweed · Spanish gold · Grindelia confusa · Reclined gumweed · Ash Meadows gumweed · Manyray gumweed · Grindelia greenmanii · Havard's gumweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grindelia camporum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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