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§1 Plant

Helenium autumnale L.

vernacular common sneezeweed — species · Asteraceae


USDA
HEAU
GBIF
5401877
Rank
species
common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Platephotograph · morchella7CC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Helenium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,206 counties across 45 states/territories
Legend Native · 1206 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
None
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-43 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
10–60 in/yr
pH range
4–7.5
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
4.9 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Severe
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Fall
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,464,516
Propagation
seed, bare root
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,206 counties across 45 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 15 N
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 25 N
California view state ↗ 4 N
Colorado view state ↗ 5 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 9 N
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N
Idaho view state ↗ 20 N
Illinois view state ↗ 82 N
Indiana view state ↗ 75 N
Iowa view state ↗ 26 N
Kansas view state ↗ 27 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 57 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 11 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N
Michigan view state ↗ 36 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 67 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N
Missouri view state ↗ 69 N
Montana view state ↗ 10 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 33 N
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N
New York view state ↗ 42 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 64 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 N
Ohio view state ↗ 75 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N
Oregon view state ↗ 11 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 57 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 12 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 9 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 49 N
Texas view state ↗ 10 N
Utah view state ↗ 11 N
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N
Virginia view state ↗ 84 N
Washington view state ↗ 15 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 60 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HEAU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5401877 ↗

Record version

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