Grindelia integrifolia

Grindelia integrifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Grindelia
Species: G. integrifolia
Binomial name
Grindelia integrifolia
DC.
Synonyms[1]
  • Grindelia villosa Douglas ex Sweet
  • Grindelia virgata Nutt.

Grindelia integrifolia, common name Puget Sound gumweed, is a plant species known only from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. It grows in wet meadows and marshlands.[2]

Grindelia integrifolia is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has narrow, lanceolate leaves up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) long and yellow flower heads arranged like a corymb.[3][4]

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. Flora of North America v 20 p 431.
  3. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 315. 1836.
  4. Scoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
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