Helenium flexuosum is a North American plant species in the daisy family known by the common name purple sneezeweed.[3] It is widespread across much of eastern and central United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Kansas, south to Florida, Louisiana, and eastern Texas.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Helenium |
| Species: | H. flexuosum
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| Helenium flexuosum Raf. 1838
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Helenium flexuosum is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce 80 or more flower heads in a branching array. Each head has up to 700 yellow or purple disc florets, sometimes with no ray florets, sometimes with 8-13 yellow, red, purple, or brown ray florets. The species grows in fields, ditches, and streambanks.[3]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ The Plant List, Helenium flexuosum Raf.
- ^ a b "Helenium flexuosum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
External links
edit- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1988
- Illinois Wildflowers
- Connecticut Botanical Society
- Illinois Natural History Survey
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