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Helenium elegans var. elegans

Helenium elegans DC. var. elegans

Pretty Sneezeweed

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: HEELE2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Size Notes: Up to about 4 feet tall.
Leaf: Proximal leaves usually entire, rarely serrate.
Flower: May have as many as 500 disc florets.
Fruit: Fruit is a cypsela (pl. cypselae). Though technically incorrect, the fruit is often referred to as an achene.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Red , Yellow , Brown
Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep
Bloom Notes: May bloom through fall in the right conditions.

Distribution

USA: LA , OK , SC , TX

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Additional resources

USDA: Find Helenium elegans var. elegans in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Helenium elegans var. elegans in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Helenium elegans var. elegans

Metadata

Record Modified: 2019-03-29
Research By: CBR

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