Asteraceae
Hairy gumweed
Grindelia hirsutula
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Grindelia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- عشبة الصمغ, عشبة الفقراء, عشبة غرانديلا
- English
- Hairy gumweed, Hairy gumplant, Colorado gumweed, Columbia River gumweed, Great Valley gumweed, Idaho gumweed, Oregon gumweed, Pointed gumweed
- Polish
- Doględka wielka
- Welsh
- Grindelia
Synonyms
- Donia glutinosa Hook.
- Grindelia acutifolia Steyerm.
- Grindelia arenicola Steyerm.
- Grindelia arenicola f. arenicola
- Grindelia arenicola f. trichophora Steyerm.
- Grindelia arenicola var. arenicola
- Grindelia arenicola var. pachyphylla Steyerm.
- Grindelia blakei Steyerm.
- Grindelia bracteosa J.T.Howell
- Grindelia brownii A.Heller
- Grindelia camporum Greene
- Grindelia camporum f. camporum
- Grindelia camporum f. foliacea Steyerm.
- Grindelia camporum var. abbreviata Steyerm.
- Grindelia camporum var. australis Steyerm.
- Grindelia camporum var. bracteosa (J.T.Howell) M.A.Lane
- Grindelia camporum var. davyi (Jeps.) Steyerm.
- Grindelia camporum var. interioris Steyerm.
- Grindelia camporum var. parviflora Steyerm.
- Grindelia collina J.K.Henry
- Grindelia columbiana Rydb.
- Grindelia cuneifolia Nutt.
- Grindelia cuneifolia var. cuneifolia
- Grindelia cuneifolia var. paludosa (Greene) Jeps.
- Grindelia discoidea Nutt.
- Grindelia fastigiata Greene
- Grindelia fastigiata var. revoluta (Steyerm.) Adr.Bartoli & Tortosa
- Grindelia hallii Steyerm. ex Rothrock
- Grindelia hallii Steyerm.
- Grindelia hendersonii Greene
- Grindelia hirsutula f. cacumena Steyerm.
- Grindelia hirsutula f. glabrata Steyerm.
- Grindelia hirsutula f. hirsutula
- Grindelia hirsutula f. patens (Greene) Steyerm.
- Grindelia hirsutula f. pedunculoides Steyerm.
- Grindelia hirsutula f. tomentulosa Steyerm.
- Grindelia hirsutula subsp. hirsutula
- Grindelia hirsutula subsp. rubricaulis (DC.) D.D.Keck
- Grindelia hirsutula var. brevisquama Steyerm.
- Grindelia hirsutula var. calva Steyerm.
and 87 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Franco Folini, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: evergreenbean, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: mortons4, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: mortons4, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: bill oconnor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.