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False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower&#039;s rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57674/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html" title="False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/57674_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=soCr5zQDo0HcpEvpDlYp2cp%2FEGY%3D" width="200" height="162" alt="False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower&#039;s rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71677/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71679/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71678/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html False Sunflower,Geotagged,Heliopsis,Heliopsis helianthoides,Summer,United States,flower,sunflower" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71679/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html" title="False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/71679_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=7ZifnoMd2cFrhqcDtMDc2VA1onw%3D" width="110" height="152" alt="False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower&#039;s rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71677/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57674/false_sunflower.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71678/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html False sunflower,Geotagged,Heliopsis helianthoides,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71678/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html" title="False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/71678_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=l3ruRr7lo6EhtXL83mRwUSxB%2BJE%3D" width="200" height="164" alt="False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower&#039;s rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71679/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71677/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57674/false_sunflower.html False sunflower,Geotagged,Heliopsis helianthoides,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> False sunflower,Geotagged,Heliopsis helianthoides,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides

This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower's rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.

False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower's rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71677/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71679/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71678/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html False Sunflower,Geotagged,Heliopsis,Heliopsis helianthoides,Summer,United States,flower,sunflower

False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower's rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71677/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57674/false_sunflower.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71678/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html False sunflower,Geotagged,Heliopsis helianthoides,Summer,United States

False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides This flower looks like a small sunflower. It has a cone-shaped central disk and persistent rays. Unlike true sunflowers, this flower's rays persist on the flower heads rather than withering and falling off.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71679/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71677/false_sunflower_-_heliopsis_helianthoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57674/false_sunflower.html False sunflower,Geotagged,Heliopsis helianthoides,Summer,United States

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The False sunflower

"Heliopsis helianthoides" is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names rough oxeye, smooth oxeye and false sunflower. It is native to eastern and central North America from Saskatchewan east to Newfoundland and south as far as Texas, New Mexico, and Georgia.

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Dec 26, 2018. Captured Jun 21, 2017 10:27 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/1024s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
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