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Helenium linifolium

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Helenium linifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helenium
Species:
H. linifolium
Binomial name
Helenium linifolium
Rydb. 1915

Helenium linifolium is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family, commonly known as slimleaf sneezeweed.[1] It is found only in southern Texas.[2][3]

Helenium linifolium is an annual herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, with wings running down the sides of the stems. Leaves are long and narrow, almost thread-like, merging with the wings on the stem. One plant can have 100 or more small spherical or egg-shaped flower heads. Each head has up to 500 disc flowers, each yellow-green toward the bottom but brown or purple toward the tip. There are also 8-9 red or yellow ray flowers.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flora of North America, Helenium linifolium Rydberg, 1915. Slimleaf sneezeweed
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
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