Helenium microcephalum var. ooclinium (A.Gray) Bierner

Smallhead sneezeweed (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Helenium > Helenium microcephalum

Characteristics

Plants 25–80 cm. Leaves: proximal and mid blades serrate to undulate-serrate to occasionally deeply toothed or laciniate, glabrate; distal blades glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy. Heads 20–100+ per plant. Peduncles 1.5–8 cm, usually projecting terminal heads well beyond foliage. Involucres 8–12 × 8–12 mm. Ray florets 9–13; corollas usually yellow throughout, sometimes reddish proximally and yellow distally, 2.7–9.1 × 1.5–6.7 mm. Disc florets 200–400+; corollas 1.7–2.4 mm, lobes 5. Pappi 0.4–0.7 mm. 2n = 26.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.8
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Helenium microcephalum var. ooclinium world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118777-2
WFO ID wfo-0000112856
COL ID 7LT8N
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Synonyms

Helenium ooclinium Heleniastrum ooclinium Helenium microcephalum var. ooclinium