| Flower: | Low Gumweed | | Family: | Sunflower | | Genus / Species: | Grindelia nana | | Notes: | Native Americans used sticky secretions for relief of asthma, bronchitis and colic; extracted today for medicinal use of whooping cough and asthma. Leaves can be chewed; made into a tea. A poultice from leaves relieves itching. | | Photo: | 
Clear Lake Ridge - - - August 5, 2001 | | Guide: | Common Plants of the Inland Pacific Northwest by Charles Johnson / Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge by Russ Jolley |
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