Spanish-gold

Grindelia ciliata

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 18%

Soil moisture: Somewhat dry to average

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 Alabama county.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Grindelia

Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
Dejongia californicus
Eucosma grindeliana

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

29Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Grindelia

Andrena canadensis
Andrena chromotricha
Andrena hirticincta
Andrena runcinatae
Ashmeadiella bucconis
Calliopsis coloradensis
Colletes rufocinctus
Dianthidium simile
Dieunomia nevadensis
Megachile parallela

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Melissodes confusus
Melissodes coreopsis
Melissodes druriellus
Melissodes lutulentus
Melissodes menuachus
Melissodes pallidisignatus
Melissodes subagilis
Melissodes trinodis
Melissodes wheeleri
Perdita albipennis
Perdita bruneri
Perdita ignota
Perdita perpulchra
Perdita prionopsidis
Perdita swenki
Perdita xanthismae
Protandrena aestivalis
Protandrena piercei
Protandrena simulans

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Grindelia

Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Alabama rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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