Helenium flexuosum

purple-head sneezeweed, purplehead sneezeweed
Family

Asteraceae

Leaf Arrangement

alternate, basal (rosulate)

Leaf Attachment

sessile

Leaf Margin

entire, crenate, pinnatifid, serrate

Leaf Type

cauline, simple

Leaf Shape

linear, oblong, elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, spatulate

Growth Form

forb

Flower Color

brown, yellow

Flower Petals

many

Flower Month

April - August

Height (meters)

0.3 - 1.0

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

native

Lifespan

perennial

Growing Season

Warm season


Wetland Class

FACW

Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism

6

Field Characters

Flowers differ from those of H. autumnale and H. drummondii in that the disc flowers are dark red instead of greenish-yellow. May be confused with Gaillardia aestivalis which does not have winged stems.

Habitat

Alluvial pastures, wet meadows, ditches, and open moist sites.