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Helenium autumnale
Also called Sneezeweed, Autumn Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Fall sneezeweed, False sunflower, Mountain Sneezeweed, Swamp Sunflower
Common sneezeweed is a North American perennial herb of the daisy family with yellow flower heads in late summer and fall. It thrives in moist, sunny spots such as stream banks, pond edges and wet meadows.
Helenium autumnale is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include common sneezeweed and large-flowered sneezeweed.
Common sneezeweed is cultivated as a garden perennial. There are multiple named varieties varying in color and height. 'Pumilum Magnificum' is a yellow variety about two feet tall. 'Bruno', a reddish-brown cultivar, 'Kupfersprudel', which is yellow/orange, and 'Butterpat', which is golden, all grow 3 to 3.5 feet (91 to 107 centimetres) tall. 'Chippersfield Orange' is up to 0.91 metres (3 ft) tall and is orange streaked with gold.
This plant is widespread across much of the United States and Canada, from Northwest Territories as far south as far northern California, Arizona, Louisiana, and Florida. It has not been found in southern or central California, nor in the four Atlantic Provinces of Canada. It grows in moist, open areas along streams and ponds as well as wet meadows.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helenium autumnale by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
