Grindelia camporum - Gumplant

Gumplant (Grindelia camporum) is an annual or perennial herb native to California, its resinous flowering tops used medicinally as an expectorant and antispasmodic.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Herb
• Annual
• Perennial

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Grindelia camporum | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩