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Wildflowers - Curlycup Gumweed
 
Curlycup Gumweed - Grindelia squarrosa
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
Curlycup Gumweed - Grindelia squarrosa
 
The sticky resin of the Curlycup Gumweed makes the plant unpalatable to animals.  The resin was used by settlers to ease itching from poison ivy.
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Stemless Hymenoxys  

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The scientific name for the Stemless Hymenoxys is Hymemoxys acaulis. Acaulis means "stemless" and referes to the leafless stalks which bear the flower heads.
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Last Updated: July 19, 2007 at 12:01 EST