| Taxon | Grindelia hirsutula |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | grindelia; gumplant; gum-plant; gum plant |
| Species common name(s) | hirsute grindelia; hirsute gumplant; hirsute gum-plant; hirsute gum plant; hairy gumplant; hairy gum-plant; hairy gum plant; hairy gumweed |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | San Francisco grindelia [var. maritima]; San Francisco gumplant [var. maritima]; San Francisco gum-plant [var. maritima]; San Francisco gum plant [var. maritima]; San Francisco gumweed [var. maritima]; seaside gumplant [var. maritima] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | marsh grindelia, big grindelia are applied to multiple Grindelia taxa; tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed, gum plant are applied to taxa in multiple families; resin-weed, resin weed, resinweed, gumweed; gum-weed, gum weed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. hirsutula; var. maritima (Greene) M.A. Lane; Grindelia robusta Nutt. |
