Helenium brevifolium

Helenium brevifolium is a North American perennial plant in the Sunflower Family, commonly known as Shortleaf sneezeweed.[2] It is native to the southeastern United States, from Virginia to eastern Louisiana and inland as far as Tennessee.[3]

Helenium brevifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Helenieae
Genus:
Helenium
Species:
H. brevifolium
Binomial name
Helenium brevifolium
Nutt. 1841
Synonyms[1]
  • Helenium curtisii A.Gray
  • Leptopoda brevifolia Nutt.

Helenium brevifolium is an perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 10 flower heads, in branching arrays. The head is spherical or hemispherical, with sometimes as many as 800 disc florets, each floret yellow near the base but purple or brown or yellow towards the tip. There are also 9-24 yellow ray florets. The species grows in bogs, swamps, and other wet places.[2]

References
  1. The Plant List, Helenium brevifolium (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
  2. Flora of North America, Helenium brevifolium (Nuttall) Alph. Wood, 1870. Shortleaf sneezeweed
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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