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Common Name: Common Sneezeweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Helenium autumnale FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Helenium autumnale var. autumnale FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium autumnale 179-75-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist pastures, forests, woodlands, forest edges
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium brevifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium brevifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium brevifolium 179-75-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Seepage bogs, river-scoured cobble bars
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium flexuosum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium flexuosum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium flexuosum 179-75-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist pastures, moist forests, riverbanks, wet pine rocklands (in s. FL)
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Savanna Sneezeweed, Southeastern Sneezeweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium pinnatifidum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium pinnatifidum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium pinnatifidum 179-75-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches
Common in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Savannah Sneezeweed, Spring Helenium
Weakley's Flora: (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): Helenium vernale 179-75-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Bitterweed, Yellow Sneezeweed, Bitter Sneezeweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium amarum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium amarum var. amarum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium amarum 179-75-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, overgrazed pastures, urban areas; in much of our area an introduction from farther west
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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