Asteraceae
Purpledisk sunflower
Helianthus atrorubens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helianthus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 黑紫向日葵
- English
- Purpledisk sunflower
Synonyms
- Discomela atrorubens Raf.
- Discomela sparsiflorus Raf.
- Helianthus atrorubens subsp. atrorubens
- Helianthus atrorubens var. alsodes Fernald
- Helianthus sparsifolius Elliott
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.