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Helianthus ambiguus

Helianthus ambiguus is a native North American sunflower found only in the Great Lakes states of New York, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. It is a wild herb rather than a common garden plant, and it grows best in full sun with well-drained soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil, tolerant of average or poor soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect young plants from frost.
How easy
Easy

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Helianthus ambiguus is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name ambiguous sunflower. It is found only in the Great Lakes region of the United States, the states of New York, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Other Helianthus plants

Southeastern sunflower · Swamp sunflower · Common sunflower · Western sunflower · Silverleaf sunflower · Arizona sunflower · Purpledisk sunflower · Serpentine sunflower · Helianthus brevifolius · California sunflower · Lakeside sunflower · Texas blueweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helianthus ambiguus 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.

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