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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Asteraceae
Helianthus mollis Lam.
ashy sunflower, downy sunflower, soft sunflower
Helianthus: derived from two Greek words helios, "sun," and anthos, "flower," in reference to the sunflower's supposed tendency to always turn toward the sun
mollis: smooth, or with soft velvety hair
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect to drooping, perennial, 2'-5' tall forb often more than one stem; stems very grey-hairy; spreading rhizomes forming dense colonies |
| Flower: | head 2" wide, yellow rays, disk slightly domed; bracts (phyllaries) short, curly, hairy; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Leaf: | opposite, ovate, clasping, turning black when dried or damaged |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry; prairies; in sandy soil |
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