Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal

Curlycup gumweed (en), Grindélie squarreuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Grindelia

Characteristics

Biennials, perennials, or subshrubs (perhaps flowering first year, usually short-lived), (10–)40–100 cm. Stems erect, usually whitish or stramineous, sometimes reddish or grayish, glabrous. Cauline leaf blades oval, ovate, obovate, or oblong to spatulate, oblanceolate, lanceolate, or linear, (10–)15–70 mm, lengths 2–5(–10) times widths, bases ± clasping, margins usually crenate to serrate (teeth mostly 3–6+ per cm, rounded to obtuse, resin-tipped), rarely entire, apices obtuse to acute, faces glabrous, strongly gland-dotted. Heads usually in open to crowded, corymbiform arrays, rarely borne singly. Involucres broadly urceolate to hemispheric or globose, 6–11 × 8–20+ mm. Phyllaries in 5–6 series, reflexed to spreading or appressed, filiform or linear to lance-linear or lance-subulate, apices usually looped to hooked, sometimes recurved to nearly straight, subterete to subulate, moderately to strongly resinous. Ray florets 0 or (12–)24–36(–40); laminae 8–14 mm. Cypselae whitish, stramineous, brown, or gray, 1.5–4.5 mm, apices smooth, coronate, or knobby, faces smooth, striate, or ± furrowed; pappi of 2–3(–8), straight or contorted to curled, smooth or barbellulate to barbellate, subulate scales or setiform awns 2.5–5.5 mm, shorter than disc corollas. 2n = 12.
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Herbs biennial, perennial, or subshrubs, [10-]40-55[-100] cm tall. Stems erect, glabrous, resinous. Leaves: cauline sessile, oval, ovate, [obovate or oblong to spatulate, oblanceolate, lanceolate, or linear], 3.1-4.2 × 1.3-1.6 cm, glabrous, strongly gland-dotted, base ± clasping, margin usually crenate to serrate (teeth resin-tipped) [rarely entire], apex [obtuse to] acute. Capitula in corymbiform synflorescences, rarely solitary, 0.9-1.5 cm. Involucres broadly urceolate to hemispheric or globose, [8-20 mm in diam.]; phyllaries 5-or 6(-10)-seriate, reflexed to spreading or appressed, filiform or linear to lanceolate-linear, 4-7 mm, resinous, apex usually looped or hooked, subulate. Ray florets [absent or] (12-)24-36(-40), lamina elliptic, 7[-14] mm; disk florets 3-4 mm, limb funnelform, lobes ca. 1 mm. Achenes stramineous [or whitish, brown, or gray], [1.5-]2.8-3[-4.5] mm, faces smooth, striate or ± furrowed. Pappus of 2-4(-8) deciduous, straight or contorted to curled scales or awns [2.5-]4[-5.5] mm, shorter than disk corollas. Fl. [Jul-]Aug-Sep[-Oct].
Glabrous biennial or short-lived perennial 1–10 dm, branched at least above; lvs abundantly punctate; heads several or many, the disk 1–2 cm wide; invol bracts strongly resinous, imbricate in several series, the green tips (especially of the outer) squarrose-reflexed; rays 25–40, 7–15 mm, rarely absent; achenes 2–3 mm; pappus-awns 2–8, finely serrulate to subentire; 2n=12, 24. Open or waste places; Man. and Minn. to B.C., Nev., and Tex., and widely intr. elsewhere. July–Sept. The southwestern var. nuda (A. W. Wood) A. Gray, with discoid heads, is not a regular member of our flora. Three other vars., all radiate, occur with us:
A herb. It can grow for a few years. It has taproots. The stems are 20-80 cm tall. The leaves are oblong and have lobes or teeth. The leaves often clasp the stem. The flower heads are yellow and 2-3 cm across. They are 25-40 flowers around a yellow disk. The fruit are 4-5 ribbed dry seed heads or achenes.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 1.9
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Prairies, plains and dry banks. Disturbed sites, plains, hills, roadsides, along streams, sands, clays, and subalkaline soils at elevations of 200-2900 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in dry open sites.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-8

Usage

The fresh or dried leaves are used to make an aromatic but slightly bitter tea. The sticky resinous sap on the leaves and flowers can be used as a chewing gum. Caution: It should not be eaten in large quantities.
Uses dye gum insecticide material medicinal poison tea
Edible flowers leaves saps
Therapeutic use Poultice (flower), Dermatological Aid (flower), Disinfectant (flower), Eye Medicine (flower), Gynecological Aid (flower), Veterinary Aid (flower), Veterinary Aid (leaf), Snake Bite Remedy (root), Liver Aid (root), Cough Medicine (root), Pulmonary Aid (shoot), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Pediatric Aid (unspecified), Veterinary Aid (unspecified), Liver Aid (unspecified), Eye Medicine (unspecified), Abortifacient (unspecified), Kidney Aid (unspecified), Venereal Aid (unspecified), Cold Remedy (unspecified), Cough Medicine (unspecified), Pulmonary Aid (unspecified), Respiratory Aid (unspecified), Antihemorrhagic (unspecified), Disinfectant (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Urinary Aid (unspecified), Tuberculosis Remedy (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Antidote(Rhus) (unspecified), Antitussive (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cancer(Stomach) (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Pertussis (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Rash (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Smallpox (unspecified), Sore(Veterinary) (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Grindelia squarrosa habit picture by Giode Tonpino (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Grindelia squarrosa leaf picture by Amber LeBlanc (cc-by-sa)
Grindelia squarrosa leaf picture by Giode Tonpino (cc-by-sa)
Grindelia squarrosa leaf picture by Amber LeBlanc (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Grindelia squarrosa flower picture by peter scheiler (cc-by-sa)
Grindelia squarrosa flower picture by Jeska Toma (cc-by-sa)
Grindelia squarrosa flower picture by Савченко Роман (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Grindelia squarrosa world distribution map, present in Belgium, Belarus, Canada, China, Estonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210665-1
WFO ID wfo-0000126982
COL ID 6KSR7
BDTFX ID 7948
INPN ID 100583
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Grindelia squarrosa f. angustior Grindelia pinnatifida Grindelia nuda Aurelia squarrosa Hysterionica squarrosa Aurelia amplexicaulis Grindelia aphanactis Grindelia grandiflora Grindelia arguta Grindelia angustifolia Grindelia speciosa Grindelia texana Grindelia squarrosa f. squarrosa Grindelia arguta Grindelia squarrosa var. grandiflora Grindelia squarrosa var. serrulata Grindelia squarrosa var. nuda Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis Grindelia costata Grindelia squarrosa f. pseudopinnatifida Grindelia serrulata Donia squarrosa Grindelia squarrosa var. eligulata Grindelia squarrosa f. depressa Grindelia squarrosa