Grindelia squarrosa
Habit | shrub
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Height: | ⇕ | 40 |
Width: | ⇔ | 32 |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 3 to 9 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
Grindelia squarrosa (curly-top gumweed or curly-cup gumweed) is a small biennial or short-lived perennial plant which grows to a height of 90 cm (3 ft) and bears yellow flowers from June to September. It was discovered by Lewis and Clark and before that it had been used by Great Plains Tribes as a medicinal herb.
Read about Grindelia squarrosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Grindelia squarrosa, Dunal. Shrubby, smooth, branched from base, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. dark or bluish green with clasping bases: fl.-heads sticky: outer achenes usually squarely truncate and even at summit. Manitoba to Mex. CH
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