Helenium brevifolium

Helenium brevifolium is a North American <a href="/facts/Perennial_plant/MQ3NvAUW">perennial plant</a> in the <a href="/facts/Asteraceae/bouc6v8C">sunflower family</a>, commonly known as shortleaf sneezeweed. It is native to the southeastern United States, from <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a> to eastern <a href="/facts/Louisiana/2GvfFcKE">Louisiana</a> and inland as far as <a href="/facts/Tennessee/A3mLY9bu">Tennessee</a>.
Helenium brevifolium is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce as many as 10 <a href="/facts/Flower_heads/ANBv3Iym">flower heads</a>, in branching arrays. The head is spherical or hemispherical, with sometimes as many as 800 <a href="/facts/Disc_floret/bouc6v8C">disc florets</a>, each floret yellow near the base but purple or brown or yellow towards the tip. There are also 9-24 yellow <a href="/facts/Ray_florets/bouc6v8C">ray florets</a>. The species grows in bogs, swamps, and other wet places.

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Helenium brevifolium