Grindelia squarrosa
Grindelia squarrosa
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Not native
Not native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 41%
- Height
- It grows 0.33 to 3.3 feet
- Soil moisture
- Dry
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Biennial or perennial
Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 4 Arkansas counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
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
—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
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
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
- Flower color
- Yellow
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “It grows 0.33 to 3.3 feet (0.1-1 m)” · Fire Effects Information System: Grindelia squarrosa (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Minnesota Wildflowers differ) · Source botanical description; original units and scope retained
- Life cycle · “Biennial or perennial” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- primary_flower_color · “yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Soil · “Dry” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- 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
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications