Grindelia hirsutula
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Grindelia hirsutula is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family
known by the common names hairy gumplant and hairy gumweed. It is native to North America, including much of the west coast of the United States and the southern half of Canada. It grows in many habitats and climates. This is an erect perennial herb forming patches of herbage 20 centimeters high to sprawling stands of weedlike erect stems exceeding a meter in height. The plant is usually green in colour but the stems are often red or purplish-brown and the leaves can be somewhat yellowish to reddish. The stems are topped with flower heads
2 or 3 centimeters wide with hemispheric cups of greenish phyllaries
that are clawlike and bend away from the flowers. The center of the head is filled with small yellow disc florets and the circumference is lined with golden ray florets. The head produces a thick white exudate, especially in new flower heads.
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
known by the common names hairy gumplant and hairy gumweed. It is native to North America, including much of the west coast of the United States and the southern half of Canada. It grows in many habitats and climates. This is an erect perennial herb forming patches of herbage 20 centimeters high to sprawling stands of weedlike erect stems exceeding a meter in height. The plant is usually green in colour but the stems are often red or purplish-brown and the leaves can be somewhat yellowish to reddish. The stems are topped with flower heads
Head (botany)
The capitulum is considered the most derived form of inflorescence. Flower heads found outside Asteraceae show lesser degrees of specialization....
2 or 3 centimeters wide with hemispheric cups of greenish phyllaries
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture...
that are clawlike and bend away from the flowers. The center of the head is filled with small yellow disc florets and the circumference is lined with golden ray florets. The head produces a thick white exudate, especially in new flower heads.