- Helenium autumnale
Taxobox
name = Common Sneezeweed
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regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
tribus =Helenieae
genus = "Helenium "
species = "H. autumnale"
binomial = "Helenium autumnale"
binomial_authority = L.Common sneezeweed, "Helenium autumnale", is a flowering plant native to North America. Other common names include Helen's flower, bitterweed, and false sunflower.
Natural habitat and distribution
This plant is found throughout the contiguous mainland United States.
Appearance
Common Sneezeweed grows 1 to 5 feet tall. In late summer and fall, it bears daisylike flowers with notched, recurved petals. Most species have golden-yellow flowers, but garden cultivars exist in many shades.
Cultivation
Common Sneezeweed is cultivated as a garden perennial. There are mutiple named varieties varying in color and height. "Pumilum Magnificum" is a yellow variety about two feet tall. "Bruno," a reddish brown cultivar, "Copper Spray," which is orange, and "Butterpat," which is golden, all grow 3 to 3 1/2 feet tall. "Chippersfield Orange" is 3 1/2 to 4 feet tall and is gold.
References
*Citation
last = Crockett
first = James U.
author-link =James Underwood Crockett
last2 =
first2 =
author2-link =
title =Perennials
place=New York
publisher = Time-Life Books
year =1972
location =
volume =
edition =2
url =
doi =
id =*Citation
last = Peterson
first = Roger T.
author-link =Roger Tory Peterson
last2 =McKenny
first2 =Margaret
author2-link =
title =A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-Central North America
place=Boston
publisher = Houghton Mifflin
year =1968
location =
volume =
edition =9
url =
doi =
id =*Citation
last =USDA
first =
author-link =
last2 =
first2 =
author2-link =
title = PLANTS profile for Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed)
date =
year =
url =http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HEAU
accessdate = 2007-05-08
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