OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Helenium brevifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-002:

Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helenium brevifolium

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helenium curtisii

 

COMMON NAME:
Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed


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JK Marlow    jkm220517_7842

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm220517_7844

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm220517_7846

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm220517_7848

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm220517_7848b

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_brevifolium_3

May    Cherokee County    AL

Similar to H. flexuosum but has only 1-4 heads (vs many) & blooms earlier, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_helenium_brevifolium

May        

Similar to H. flexuosum but has few stem leaves and 5-lobed disk flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0908

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Basal leaves present at flowering, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0910

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0911

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0913

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Basal leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 3-8cm long, base attenuate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0914

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Disc flowers yellow or reddish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210605_1117

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Stem leaves sessile with long, often very narrow, decurrent bases, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm210605_1134

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Disc flowers 5-lobed and with 5 stamens, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5023

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5029

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Helenium brevifolium, Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

JK Marlow    jkm211116_e5025

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helenium brevifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-002:
Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helenium brevifolium

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helenium curtisii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2391

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: seepage bogs, river-scoured cobble bars, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Alternate, often also basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Reddish-purple, brown, or yellow
Disc flowers five-lobed; ray flowers three-lobed
Disc flowers have 5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile (lacking pistil and style)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Light brown
Achene

 

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