Grindelia camporum
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G. camporum
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Grindelia camporum |
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Grindelia bracteosa |
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Grindelia camporum is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Great Valley gumplant and Great Valley gumweed.
Distribution
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.
Description
Grindelia camporum is a gangly perennial topping 2 m (6 ft.) in maximum height. Its erect, branching stems are lined with many stiff, wavy-edged, serrated leaves 2 to 3 cm long.
Atop the stem branches are inflorescences of a single large flower head up to 3 cm wide. The head is a vaguely thistlelike cup of green clawlike phyllaries that bend downward. The centre of the head is filled with yellow disc florets and there are usually many yellow ray florets around the circumference. The flower head fills with a copious white exudate, especially during the early stages of blooming.
Uses
It is a traditional Native American medicinal plant, used by the Indigenous peoples of California.[1]
References
External links
- Calflora Database: Grindelia camporum (Great Valley gumweed, Gum Plant, Gumweed)
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Grindelia camporum
- USDA Plants Profile for Grindelia camporum
- UC Photos gallery − Grindelia camporum
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- Grindelia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
- Astereae stubs