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Narrowleaf Gumweed

Grindelia lanceolata

In the Carolinas and Georgia, found in limestone glades, limestone barrens, Black Belt chalk outcrops; also disturbed areas (roadsides, railroad beds, waste areas around wool-combing mills). Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
Up to about 5 feet
Spread
1.5–2 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to moist

Space about 2 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 25 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Biennial or perennial
Bloom
June to September

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 21 Arkansas counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County
Standing water on a limestone glade. Shown: Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens State Natural Area, Rutherford County, Tennessee, a neighboring state.Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits

Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food. 63 animals.

All wildlife of Arkansas

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

8CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Grindelia

  • Carmenta texanaTexana Clearwing Moth
  • Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
  • Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
  • Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
  • Pelochrista ridingsanaSnakeweed Borer
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Schinia coercita
  • Schinia mortua
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Grindelia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
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

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Flower color
Yellow

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

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Arkansas rankSNR
Global rankG4
AR statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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