Asteraceae
Common sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helenium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 堆心菊, 小花堆心菊
- Czech
- Záplevák podzimní
- English
- Common sneezeweed, Autumn sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Fall sneezeweed, False sunflower, Sneezeweed
- Estonian
- Sügisheleenium
- German
- Gewöhnliche Sonnenbraut
- Polish
- Dzielżan jesienny
- Slovak
- Helénium jesenné
- Welsh
- Blodyn tisian
Synonyms
- Heleniastrum montanum Nieuwl. & Lunell
- Helenium autumnale var. autumnale
- Helenium autumnale var. canaliculatum (Lam.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Helenium autumnale var. fylesii B.Boivin
- Helenium autumnale var. grandiflorum (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Helenium autumnale var. montanum (Nutt.) Fernald
- Helenium autumnale var. parviflorum (Nutt.) Fernald
- Helenium canaliculatum Lam.
- Helenium latifolium Mill.
- Helenium macranthum Rydb.
- Helenium montanum Nutt.
- Helenium parviflorum Nutt.
- Helenium pubescens Aiton
- Helenium pubescens Dryand.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Severe, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Carlson from Menomonie, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.