Grindelia camporum

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	60 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Width:	⇔	40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial, annual
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		8 to 10
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names

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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. It is native to California and Baja California, where it can be found in a number of habitats. Its range may extend into Nevada. This hardy plant readily grows in disturbed and altered areas such as ditches and roadsides. It is a gangly weedlike perennial topping two meters in maximum height. Its erect, branching stems are lined with many stiff, wavy-edged, serrated leaves 2 to 3 centimeters long. Atop the stem branches are inflorescences of a single large flower head up to 3 centimeters wide. The head is a vaguely thistlelike cup of green clawlike phyllaries that bend downward. The center 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. This plant has a number of historical medicinal uses.

Read about Grindelia camporum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Grindelia camporum (Grindelia robusta, Nutt). Gum-plant. Herbaceous: lvs. larger and more rigid, broadly cordate-oblong, obtuse: achenes all, or some outer ones, 1-toothed or bordered at the summit.—Flowers throughout the Californian winter. Collected stock is offered. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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