Grindelia fraxinipratensis

Ash meadows gumplant, Ash Meadows Gumplant

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2 · Threatened

Ash meadows gumplant is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in eastern Mojave Desert bioregions in wet clay meadows and woodland edges near alkaline springs at approximately 700 meters elevation. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces yellow ray flowers with green-tipped phyllaries in heads 5 to 9 millimeters wide. Growing 50 to 120 centimeters tall with erect, branched stems throughout, it forms an upright and spreading habit. Its oblanceolate to oblong leaves are dark green to yellow-green, glabrous and resinous, ranging from 1 to 8 centimeters long and either entire or slightly serrate. The fruit is 2.5 to 4 millimeters long, typically white to golden-brown with truncate tops and two small pappus awns.

Habitat: Wet clay of meadows, woodland edges near alkaline springs

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: +- 700 m.

Bioregions: e DMoj

California counties: Inyo, Modoc

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.