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Asteraceae

Bigelow's sneezeweed

Helenium bigelovii A.Gray

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Helenium

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Bigelow's sneezeweed: Closeup of Helenium bigelovii (Bigelow's sneezeweed) flowerhead. At about 8500ft in a meadow along the Timber Gap trail N of Mineral King, Sequoia National Park
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
彼氏堆心菊, 比奇洛堆心菊, 比格罗堆心菊, 翼锦鸡菊
English
Bigelow's sneezeweed

Synonyms

  • Heleniastrum bigelowii Kuntze
  • Heleniastrum occidentale Greene
  • Helenium bigelovii var. bigelovii
  • Helenium rivulare Rydb.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.