Asteraceae
Curly-cup gumweed
Grindelia squarrosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Grindelia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- عشبة قرانديلا
- Chinese
- 胶菀
- chy
- Âhkévó'êstse
- Czech
- Grindelie rozkladitá
- English
- Curly-cup gumweed, Curlycup gumweed, Gum plant, Gumweed, Curly-top gumweed, Curlytop gumweed
- Estonian
- Konks-vaiguvaak
- Finnish
- Keltarilpiö
- German
- Sperriges Gummikraut
- Ukrainian
- Гринделія розчепірена
Synonyms
- Aurelia amplexicaulis Cass.
- Aurelia squarrosa (Pursh) Cass. ex Steud.
- Donia squarrosa Pursh
- Grindelia aphanactis Rydb.
- Grindelia arguta A.Gray
- Grindelia nuda Alph.Wood
- Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Rydb.) G.L.Nesom
- Grindelia pinnatifida Wooton & Standl.
- Grindelia serrulata Rydb.
- Grindelia squarrosa f. angustior Steyerm.
- Grindelia squarrosa f. depressa Steyerm.
- Grindelia squarrosa f. pseudopinnatifida (D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard) Adr.Bartoli & Tortosa
- Grindelia squarrosa f. squarrosa
- Grindelia squarrosa var. eligulata (Steyerm.) Adr.Bartoli & Tortosa
- Grindelia squarrosa var. grandiflora (Hook.) A.Gray
- Grindelia squarrosa var. nuda (Alph.Wood) A.Gray
- Grindelia squarrosa var. serrulata Steyerm.
- Grindelia squarrosa var. squarrosa
- Hysterionica squarrosa Baill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.