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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Southeastern Sneezeweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Helenium pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-004:
Helenium pinnatifidum FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helenium vernale
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Sneezeweed, Southeastern Sneezeweed
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Keith Bradley kab_h_pinnatifidum_72547
February Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Peduncle pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_h_pinnatifidum_75071
March Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_h_pinnatifidum_75088
March Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Basal leaves averaging ~ 7-10x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm060423_082
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060423_083
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Basal leaves often pinnatifid; midstem leaves barely decurrent (< .5cm), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060423_114
April SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Virtually indistinguishable from Helenium vernale without close examination, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Alistair Glen gwn_heleniumpinnatfi2
May Pender County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helenium pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-004:
Helenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helenium vernale
2061
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers five-lobed; ray flowers three-lobed
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile (lacking pistil and style)
FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p173
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p314
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p114
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p395
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p155
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p189
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p129
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