Asteraceae
Savannah sneezeweed
Helenium vernale
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helenium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Savannah sneezeweed
Synonyms
- Helenium decurrens Moldenke
- Helenium denticulatum Moldenke
- Helenium helenium Small
- Helenium leptopoda Alph.Wood
- Helenium nuttallii A.Gray
- Helenium nuttallii var. nuttallii
- Leptopoda puberula Macbr.
- Leptopoda puberula var. puberula
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: paulsmithrj, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.