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fringe sneezeweed

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

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
from FNA
AR; LA; TX
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 429.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Helenium
Sibling taxa
H. amarum, H. arizonicum, H. autumnale, H. bigelovii, H. bolanderi, H. brevifolium, H. campestre, H. elegans, H. flexuosum, H. linifolium, H. microcephalum, H. pinnatifidum, H. puberulum, H. quadridentatum, H. thurberi, H. vernale, H. virginicum
Synonyms Leptopoda fimbriatum
Name authority H. Rock: Rhodora 59: 173. (1957)
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