My friend gave me one of these plants about two years ago and I planted it along the fence line, in part shade. It stewed there for a bit before sending up an awkward, stem full of bright yellow flowers that skipper butterflies loved. Those stems died back, and year later after the rains, I discovered that my yard was dotted with Grindelia. It is an excellent wildlife plant and blooms late in the season, but stays small minus it’s gangly flower stem. The leaves form a tight clump of leaves making it an acceptable plant for pathways provided you don’t mind the stems or flowers getting in the way. I’ve begun mixing these into grassy open areas in gardens so after the grasses go dormant in the late summer, the Grindelia is there proclaiming its existence. The sap from the flowerheads is sticky and smells wonderful. A fun little plant to dot your landscape with, provided you’re OK having more of it. If you aren’t you could deadhead the flower stems before they set seed to control their numbers in the landscape.

Calscape