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Read more about Purplehead Sneezeweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helenium flexuosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium flexuosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-003:
Helenium flexuosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9691
July Greenville County SC
Stem leaves reduced upward, sessile, bases decurrent in wings on the stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_helenium_flexuosum
July
8-13 rays, 3-lobed at tips. Disk red-brown or purplish, mostly spherical, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_flexuosum_purple_3
August Floyd County GA
1 of 2 sneezeweeds in our Atlantic Coastal Plain w purplish-brown disk flws, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_flexuosum_0277
September Iredell County NC
A coarse perennial with a branching stem and decurrent leaves [stem winged], per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.