Asteraceae
Gumhead
Gymnosperma glutinosum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gymnosperma
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Gumhead
- Spanish
- Tatalencho
Synonyms
- Baccharis fasciculosa Klatt
- Baccharis pingraea Nutt.
- Gymnosperma corymbosum DC.
- Gymnosperma multiflorum DC.
- Gymnosperma scoparium DC.
- Selloa corymbosa Kuntze
- Selloa multiflora Kuntze
- Xanthocephalum glutinosum (Spreng.) Shinners
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.