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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium flexuosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Purplehead Sneezeweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8904
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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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
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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).
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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).
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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
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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p168
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p172
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p134
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p248
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p348
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p155
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p284
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p168
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p128
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p276
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p300
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p349
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p190
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