Helenium drummondii |
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fringe sneezeweed |
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Habit | Perennials, 20–60 cm. |
Stems | usually 1, usually unbranched distally, moderately to strongly winged, glabrous proximally, glabrous or sparsely hairy distally. |
Leaves | glabrous; basal blades narrowly obovate to narrowly oblanceolate, usually entire, sometimes undulate-serrate; proximal and mid blades narrowly lanceolate, usually entire, sometimes undulate-serrate; distal blades lance-linear, usually entire, rarely undulate-serrate. |
Peduncles | 10–30 cm, sparsely hairy. |
Involucres | hemispheric to globoid, 10–18 × 15–25 mm. |
Ray florets | 13–30, neuter; corollas yellow, 14–25 × 4–10 mm. |
Disc florets | 250–650(–1000+); corollas yellow, 4.3–5.4 mm, lobes 5. |
Phyllaries | sparsely to moderately hairy. |
Heads | 1(–3) per plant, usually borne singly. |
Cypselae | 1.2–1.5 mm, moderately hairy; pappi of 5–12 deeply lacerate, non-aristate scales 2–3.7 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
Helenium drummondii |
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Phenology | Flowering (Mar–)Apr(–May). |
Habitat | Ditches, other moist areas such as wet woods, bogs, and swamp edges |
Elevation | 10–50 m (0–200 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; LA; TX |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 429. |
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Synonyms | Leptopoda fimbriatum |
Name authority | H. Rock: Rhodora 59: 173. (1957) |
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