Helenium drummondii
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Kingdom: | Plantae
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Tribe: | Helenieae
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Species: | H. drummondii
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Helenium drummondii | |
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Helenium drummondii is a North American perennial plant in the Sunflower Family, commonly known as fringed sneezeweed.[2] It is native to the south- central United States, in eastern Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.[3]
Helenium drummondii is an perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are long, thin, and grass-like. One plant can usually produce only 1-3 flower heads. The head is spherical or hemispherical, with sometimes as many as 1000 yellow disc florets, plus 13-30 yellow ray florets. The species grows in bogs, swamps, and other wet places.[2]
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Categories:
- Flora of the Southern United States
- Plants described in 1903
- Helenium
- Asteroideae stubs