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Grindelia integrifolia

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Grindelia integrifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Grindelia
Species:
G. integrifolia
Binomial name
Grindelia integrifolia
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]

Description

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

References

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  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.