CURLYCUP GUMWEED

Class: Grindelia squarrosa

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Biennial

Other Names: Tarweed, Resinweed

Colour: Yellow

Height: 20-90 cm (8-36")

Each Flower: 2.5-3 cm (1-1 1/4") across when fully open; yellow disk surrounded by many distinct ray-petals; involucre has several rows of out-curved, sticky, shiny green bracts

Leaves: Lower leaves up to 5 cm (2") long and roundly spear-shaped, dull green, and tough; many stem-leaves serrated, almost clasping, and becoming progressively smaller up stem

Stems: Several woody stems from one root-stock and becoming many-branched above

Blooming Period: July - September

Habitat: Very dry open areas, gravelly roadsides and waste places

Note:

Poisonous