Asteraceae
Littlehead gumweed
Grindelia microcephala
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Grindelia
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Grindelia microcephalaAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Littlehead gumweed
Synonyms
- Grindelia inuloides var. microcephala (DC.) A.Gray
- Grindelia microcephala f. microcephala
- Grindelia microcephala var. microcephala
Flowers
- In flower
- May to September (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.