Summary ²

Grindelia stricta is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Oregon gumplant and Oregon gumweed. It is native to the west coast of North America from California to Alaska, where it is a resident of coastal plant communities such as those in marshes and beaches. This plant is variable in appearance, taking the form of a weedlike perennial herb forming low clumps to a sprawling subshrub growing erect to...

Description ³

Perennial herb, with basal and distal leaves similar in size, blades oblong to lanceolate, green or red veins. Flowers sticky, yellow.

Community ³

Coastal strand, Coastal sage scrub

Flowering ³

May - Oct

Ethnobotany ³

Garden Location ³

Q, O, R

Associated species ³

"native bees (pollen / nectar)

• Common Buckeye Junonia coenia (nectar)
• Great Copper Lycaena xanthoides

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Joshua, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/74215305@N00/210664978
2. Adapted by gillian360 from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindelia_stricta
3. (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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