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|accepted_name=Grindelia subalpina
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pittonia
|place=3: 297. 1898
|year=1898
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Grindelia erecta
|authority=A. Nelson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Grindelia subalpina var. erecta
|authority=(A. Nelson) Steyermark
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Grindelia;Grindelia subalpina
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Grindelia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Grindelia subalpina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 427, 433
|treatment_page=page 434
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration;whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Biennials </b>or perennials (perhaps flowering first-year), 15–30 (–60) cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem coloration;stem coloration;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, usually reddish, sometimes stramineous, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="cauline blade-leaf shape;cauline blade-leaf distance;cauline blade-leaf l w ratio;base shape;base architecture or fixation;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;face pubescence;face coloration"><b>Cauline </b>leaf-blades spatulate or oblanceolate to oblong or lanceolate, 15–70 mm, lengths 3–5 (–7) times widths, bases ± cuneate or clasping, margins usually dentate or serrate (teeth apiculate), sometimes entire, apices rounded or obtuse to acute, faces glabrous (or, near margins, scabridulous) and sparsely to densely gland-dotted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="head arrangement;array architecture;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>usually in open, corymbiform to paniculiform arrays, seldom borne singly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre length;involucre width"><b>Involucres </b>broadly urceolate to globose, 8–11 × 10–20 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="phyllarie shape;series quantity;apex shape;apex orientation;apex course;apex shape;apex coating"><b>Phyllaries </b>in 5–6 series, linear or lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, apices looped to hooked (outer) or recurved to nearly straight, terete to subulate or acuminate, slightly to moderately resinous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ray-floret quantity"><b>Ray-</b>florets 18–27;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="lamina some measurement">laminae 10–15 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="cypsela coloration;cypsela coloration;cypsela some measurement;apex architecture or pubescence or relief;apex shape;face architecture;face architecture"><b>Cypselae </b>whitish or stramineous, 2.5–5 mm, apices smooth or weakly coronate, faces smooth or finely furrowed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="bristle quantity;bristle course;bristle architecture;awn shape;awn some measurement">pappi of 4–8 straight, barbellate to barbellulate bristles or setiform awns 2.5–5.5 mm, shorter than disc corollas.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pappus height or length or size;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Dry, open, sandy or gravelly slopes, ridges, valleys, stream banks, waste grounds
|elevation=1600–2900 m
|distribution=Colo.;Wyo.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Grindelia subalpina
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Grindelia erecta;Grindelia subalpina var. erecta
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Dry, open, sandy or gravelly slopes, ridges, valleys, stream banks, waste grounds
|elevation=1600–2900 m
|distribution=Colo.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Pittonia
|publication year=1898
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V20_994.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Grindelia
|species=Grindelia subalpina
|2n chromosome quantity=12
|apex architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|apex coating=resinous
|apex course=straight
|apex orientation=recurved
|apex shape=coronate;terete;subulate or acuminate
|array architecture=corymbiform;paniculiform
|awn shape=setiform
|awn some measurement=2.5mm;5.5mm
|base architecture or fixation=clasping
|base shape=cuneate
|bristle architecture=barbellate;barbellulate
|bristle course=straight
|bristle quantity=4;8
|cauline blade-leaf distance=15mm;70mm
|cauline blade-leaf l w ratio=3-5(-7)
|cauline blade-leaf shape=oblanceolate;oblong or lanceolate
|cypsela coloration=stramineous;whitish
|cypsela some measurement=2.5mm;5mm
|face architecture=furrowed;smooth
|face coloration=gland-dotted
|face pubescence=glabrous
|head arrangement=singly
|involucre length=8mm;11mm
|involucre shape=broadly urceolate;globose
|involucre width=10mm;20mm
|lamina some measurement=10mm;15mm
|margin architecture or shape=entire;serrate;dentate
|pappus height or length or size=shorter
|phyllarie shape=lanceolate;oblong-lanceolate
|ray-floret quantity=18;27
|series quantity=5;6
|stem coloration=stramineous;reddish
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|whole-organism atypical some measurement=30cm;60cm
|whole-organism duration=perennial;biennial
|whole-organism some measurement=15cm;30cm
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