| Grindelia subalpina | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Apparently Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Grindelia |
| Species: | G. subalpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Grindelia subalpina Greene 1898 | |
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Grindelia subalpina, the subalpine gumweed, is a North American species of flowering plants in the Astereae tribe of the family Asteraceae.
Distribution
The plant is native to the Rocky Mountains, in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
It grows in open rocky or gravelly sites in the Rocky Mountains.
Description
Grindelia subalpina is a biennial, or perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall.
The plant usually produces numerous flower heads in open branching arrays. Each head has 18-27 ray flowers, surrounding a large number of tiny disc flowers.
Varieties
- Grindelia subalpina var. erecta — endemic to Colorado and Wyoming.
- Grindelia subalpina var. subalpina
References
- The Plant List, Grindelia subalpina Greene
- NRCS. "Grindelia subalpina". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- Flora of North America, Grindelia scabra Greene, 1898.
- USDA: Grindelia subalpina var. erecta
- USDA: Grindelia subalpina var. subalpina
External links
- USDA Plants Profile for Grindelia subalpina (subalpine gumweed)
- Isotype of Grindelia erecta (syn of Grindelia subalpina); Missouri Botanical Garden herbarium specimen (photo) — collected in Wyoming in 1898.
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| Grindelia subalpina |
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