Helenium bolanderi

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Helenium bolanderi"


image_width = 270px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Helenieae
genus = "Helenium"
species = "H. bolanderi"
binomial = "Helenium bolanderi"
binomial_authority = Gray
synonyms = "Dugaldia grandiflora"

"Helenium bolanderi" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name coastal sneezeweed. It is native to the coastline of Oregon and northern California. This is a daisylike perennial herb varying in size from 20 centimeters to well over a meter in height. It has a generally unbranched, erect stem with oval-shaped leaves. The flowers arise on naked peduncles with one to three flower heads per inflorescence. Each flower head has a fringe of golden yellow ray florets reflexed away from a rounded center of disc florets in shades of yellow, red, or brown. The fruit is a tiny, hairy achene a few millimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1294,1300 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HEBO2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Helenium+bolanderi Photo gallery]