Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Heliopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-58-001:
Heliopsis helianthoides FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heliopsis helianthoides
COMMON NAME:
False Sunflower, Eastern Oxeye, Eastern Sunflower-everlasting, Smooth Oxeye
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John B. Nelson jbn_3738019835_86dc5e51ca
July
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JK Marlow jkm100730_184
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Note developing ovary: In contrast to Helianthus, the rays are fertile.
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JK Marlow jkm100730_185
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100730_189
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100730_191
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaves ovate, toothed, long-stalked, and all opposite, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm100730_193
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaf underside is glabrous and a lustrous green.
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JK Marlow jkm160727_398
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160727_401
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_599
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_601
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flower heads about 2" wide, with a yellow conical disk and about 12 rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_606
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Bracts oblong, glabrous, cartilaginous w foliaceous, often spreading, apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
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JK Marlow jkm120815_611
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Involucres hemispheric, 6-10mm long and 1-2.5cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_613b
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The ray's 2-pronged style indicates a fertile rather than a neutral flower, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_618
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_624
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_628
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-58-001:
Heliopsis helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heliopsis helianthoides
656
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland and moist forests, woodlands, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
Margins serrate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Golden yellow
Disc: Yellowish to brownish-yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p429
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p390
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p300
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p121
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p270
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p306
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p355
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p193
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