Curlycup Gumweed
Grindelia squarrosa
Resinous, sticky-budded yellow daisy that blooms through drought and disturbance when nothing else will. A dependable late nectar source on the hardest ground.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY