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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Helenium autumnale L. var. autumnale
common sneezeweed
Helenium: said to be named by Linnaeus after Helen of Troy, according to the legend that these flowers sprang up from the ground where her tears were supposed to have fallen
autumnale: of the autumn, usually flowering then
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2'-5' tall forb |
| Flower: | head 1"-2 1/2" wide with 13-21 yellow, 3-lobed, droopy, skirt-like rays 1/2"-1" long; yellow disk 1/3"-3/4" wide; inflorescence of several to many heads in branched clusters; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | 4 -5-angled, dry seed with no fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | many, winged, dotted with glands, alternate, spreading outward |
| Habitat: | full sun; moist to wet; meadows, shores, streambanks; in sandy, loamy soil |
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