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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Helenium flexuosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-003:

Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helenium nudiflorum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helenium polyphyllum

 

COMMON NAME:
Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hefl_003_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_henu3_001_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_h_flexuosum_08466

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

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Keith Bradley    kab_h_flexuosum_09387

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

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Betsy George    bmg_6316

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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Betsy George    bmg_6317

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm190702_9691

July    Greenville County    SC

Stem leaves reduced upward, sessile, bases decurrent in wings on the stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm220705_8899

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm220705_8903

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium flexuosum, Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8904

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium flexuosum, Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8905

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm220705_8932

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium flexuosum, Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9257

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_flexuosum_6

July        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_helenium_flexuosum

July        

8-13 rays, 3-lobed at tips. Disk red-brown or purplish, mostly spherical, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Helenium flexuosum, Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3181

August    Pickens County    SC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_flexuosum_purple_3

August    Floyd County    GA

1 of 2 sneezeweeds in our Atlantic Coastal Plain w purplish-brown disk flws, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_flexuosum_0277

September    Iredell County    NC

A coarse perennial with a branching stem and decurrent leaves [stem winged], per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Helenium flexuosum, Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_flexuosum_0031

October    Iredell County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helenium flexuosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-003:
Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helenium nudiflorum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helenium polyphyllum

 

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642

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist pastures, moist forests, riverbanks, wet pine rocklands (in s. FL), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Reddish-purple/ Brown
Disc flowers four-lobed; ray flowers three-lobed
Disc flowers have 4 stamens
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile (lacking pistil and style)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene

 

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