Southern Sneezeweed

Helenium flexuosum

''Helenium flexuosum'' is a North American plant species in the daisy family known by the common name purple sneezeweed. It is widespread across much of eastern and central United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Kansas, south to Florida, Louisiana, and eastern Texas.
Southern Sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum) I gathered seeds of this species when we lived at our last house, and I planted them in the area we began rehabbing last year. I was so excited see these popping up! Geotagged,Helenium flexuosum,Southern Sneezeweed,Summer,United States

Appearance

''Helenium flexuosum'' is a perennial herb up to 100 cm tall. One plant can produce 80 or more flower heads in a branching array. Each head has up to 700 yellow or purple disc florets, sometimes with no ray florets, sometimes with 8-13 yellow, red, purple, or brown ray florets. The species grows in fields, ditches, and streambanks.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusHelenium
SpeciesH. flexuosum
Photographed in
United States of America