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Heliopsis gracilis
Also called Smooth Oxeye
Pinewoods oxeye is a perennial native to the southeastern and south-central United States, growing up to 80 cm tall and spreading by underground rhizomes to produce bright yellow daisy-like flowers. It is a wildflower of pine woodlands and open sites, suited to naturalistic or meadow-style planting.
Heliopsis gracilis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names costal plain oxeye, costal plain sunflower-everlasting, smooth oxeye and pinewoods oxeye. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern Texas to South Carolina.
Heliopsis gracilis is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (31 in) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. The plant generally produces 1-5 flower heads per stem. Each head contains 6-19 bright yellow ray florets surrounding 40 or more yellowish-brown disc florets. The fruit is an achene about 5 mm long.
Heliopsis annua · Heliopsis anomala · Oppositeleaf Spotflower · Heliopsis decumbens · Heliopsis filifolia · Smooth oxeye · Heliopsis lanceolata · Heliopsis longipes · Heliopsis novogaliciana · Heliopsis parviceps · Mountain oxeye · Heliopsis procumbens
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heliopsis gracilis 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.
