Grindelia fraxinipratensis, common name Ash Meadows gumweed,[3] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

It is a biennial or perennial herb growing 50–120 cm (19.5–47 in) tall, erect in form, brown or reddish, and hairless and oily.

The dark green leaves are up to 7 centimeters (2.8 inches) long, widely lance-shaped or oblong, sometimes toothed near the tips, and studded with visible resin glands.

The plant grows in the clay, saline and alkaline soils of the land surrounding desert warm springs in the valley.

Habitat in the area was first altered when peat mining was started and Carson Slough, a large local wetland, was drained.