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Helenium autumnale L.
common sneezeweed

       
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Photo of Helenium autumnale L.
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2002. Usage Requirements.
 
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Helenium autumnale L.

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Distribution:
Helenium autumnale L.

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Helenium autumnale L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 21 species in Helenium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Helenium autumnale L. var. autumnale. .
Helenium autumnale var. autumnale
common sneezeweed
Distribution of Helenium autumnale L. var. grandiflorum (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray. .
Helenium autumnale var. grandiflorum
fall sneezeweed
Distribution of Helenium autumnale L. var. montanum (Nutt.) Fernald. .
Helenium autumnale var. montanum
mountain sneezeweed
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Helenium autumnale L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Helenium L. – sneezeweed
Species Helenium autumnale L. – common sneezeweed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Helenium autumnale L.

bitterweed
common sneezeweed
false sunflower

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Helenium autumnale L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW-,OBL FACW+ FACW FACW+ FACW FACW FACW- FACW* FACW+ FACW OBL NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Helenium autumnale L.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller Minor              
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Helenium autumnale L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36006.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Helenium autumnale L.

IL-Weeds of the North Central States

 
 
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