Grindelia camporum  E. Greene

Ubiquity: Common

Distritution: Throughout except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Regular Chaparral, Annual Grassland

Habitats: Dry, sunny,  rocky or clayey, brushy or grassy slopes/flats/roadsides/ & swales; in volcanic, sedimentary, & alluvial formations

Elevations: 25-3000'

Comments:  = G. procera.  May hybridize with G. stricta var. angustifolia

Updated:  3/31/98


Grindelia hirsutula  H. & A. 

Ubiquity: Uncommon

Distritution: Throughout except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Blue Oak Woodland, Serpentine & Regular Chaparral, Coastal Prairie

Habitats: Dry, sunny, ultramafic or not, grassy slopes/meadows/ & valley floors; in volcanic, sedimentary, & serpentine formations

Elevations: 60-2000'

Comments:  = G. h. ssp. rubricaulis

Updated:  3/31/98


Grindelia hirsutula  H. & A. var. davyi (Jeps.) M. A. Lane

Ubiquity:  Uncommon

Distritution:  ?

Plant Communities:  ?

Habitats:  ?

Elevations:  10-2000'

Comments:  Possible hybrid of G. hirsutula x camporum.  Hybridizes with G. nana.  Collection needed

Updated:  3/31/98


Grindelia humilis  H. & A.

Ubiquity: Uncommon

Distritution:  Known only from Napa Marsh & banks of Napa River S. of Napa 

Plant Communities:  Coastal Salt Marsh

Habitats: Moist, sunny, silty, saline, marshy areas & berms; in alluvial formations

Elevations: 5-10'

Comments:  New Jeps. flora assigns this taxa to G. hirsutula & to G. stricta var. angustifolia.  Limited distribution (CNPS- List 4).  May hybridize with G. camporum

Updated:  3/31/98


Grindelia nana  Nutt. 

Ubiquity: Very uncommon

Distritution: Reported only from Pope Creek (in the Chiles Valley Quad.), Sage Canyon, Lower Chiles Valley Rd.

Plant Communities:  

Habitats: Dry, sunny, rocky, ultramafic, sub-barren slopes/ & flats; in serpentine formations

Elevations: 400-1080'

Comments:  Confirmation and collection needed.  Not native to Napa
Co.  Hybridizes with G. hirsutula var. davyi

Updated:  3/31/98


Grindelia x paludosa  E. Greene

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Found only between Napa & Napa Junction

Plant Communities:  Ruderal

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, clayey, weedy, disturbed places like roadsides

Elevations:  25-80'

Comments:  Collection needed.  = G. stricta var. angustifolia x G. camporum

Updated:  2/3/98