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Subalpine gumweed

Grindelia subalpina

Subalpine gumweed
Photo: Unknown author, CC0

Subalpine gumweed is a small native North American wildflower, a biennial or short-lived perennial daisy-family herb of Rocky Mountain rocky and gravelly slopes. It is grown mainly for wildflower or native-plant gardens, and it needs sun and excellent drainage.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Lean, gritty, very well-drained soil such as sandy or gravelly mix.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; tolerates frost. Heat and humidity are less favorable.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Wyoming to NC. Colorado
Climate
temperate

About

Grindelia subalpina, the subalpine gumweed, is a North American species of flowering plants in the Astereae tribe of the family Asteraceae.

Where it grows

The plant is native to the Rocky Mountains, in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

Other Grindelia plants

Lonestar gumweed · Grindelia aggregata · Arizona gumweed · Grindelia buphthalmoides · Great Valley gumweed · Shrubby Gumweed · Spanish gold · Grindelia confusa · Reclined gumweed · Ash Meadows gumweed · Manyray gumweed · Grindelia greenmanii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grindelia subalpina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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