Grindelia hirsutula is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names hairy gumplant and hairy gumweed.

[2][3] Grindelia hirsutula is native to North America, widespread across Canada and in California and Oregon.

[6] Grindelia hirsutula is an erect perennial herb or subshrub sometimes as much as 2.5 m (8 ft) tall but usually much shorter.

The plant is usually green but the stems are often red or purplish-brown and the leaves can be somewhat yellowish to reddish.

Each head is 2–3 cm (3⁄4–1+1⁄4 in) wide with hemispheric cups of greenish phyllaries around the base, the bracts claw-like and bent away from the flowers.