Spanish-gold
Grindelia ciliata
Native status unresolved in Louisiana. 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.
County records are not available.
Who uses this plant?
4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA
Genus host records with ranges including LA · Grindelia
- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
- Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
- Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
—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
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
| Louisiana rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| LA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Will it fit your yard?
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Sources
- Louisiana 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