Grindelia

Taxobox
name = "Grindelia"

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image_width = 210px
image_caption = Curlycup gumweed "(Grindelia squarrosa)"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Grindelia"
genus_authority = Willd.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Approximately 28

"Grindelia" is a genus of plants native to the Americas belonging to the family Asteraceae, (Compositae). "G. squarrosa", a plant with bright yellow flowers indigenous to much of the United States, is commonly called curlycup gumweed. "G. 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.

"Grindelia" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including "Schinia mortua".

Selected species:
*"Grindelia buphthalmoides"
*"Grindelia camporum"
*"Grindelia chiloensis"
*"Grindelia ciliata" - goldenweed
*"Grindelia fraxinipratensis" - Ash Meadows gumplant
*"Grindelia hirsutula"
*"Grindelia integrifolia" - Puget Sound gumweed
*"Grindelia nana" - Idaho gumplant
*"Grindelia squarrosa"
*"Grindelia stricta" - Oregon gumweed

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1255 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GRIND USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?5168 GRIN Species list]