NameThatPlant.net: Helenium vernale

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium vernale FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Savannah Sneezeweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium vernale FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-005:

Helenium vernale FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Savannah Sneezeweed, Spring Helenium

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium vernale FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium vernale FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-005:
Helenium vernale FAMILY Asteraceae

1956

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers five-lobed; ray flowers three-lobed
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile (lacking pistil and style)

FRUIT:
Spring
Achene

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